τέθριππον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέθρῐππος (téthrĭppos), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) +‎ ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.tʰrip.pon/ → /ˈte.θrip.pon/ → /ˈte.θri.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.tʰrip.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.tʰrip.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θrip.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θrip.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θri.pon/

Noun

τέθρῐππον • (téthrĭppon) n (genitive τεθρῐ́ππου); second declension

1. quadriga, a four-horse chariot

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τέθρῐππον; τοῦ τεθρῐ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέθρῐππον tò téthrĭppon	τὼ τεθρῐ́ππω tṑ tethrĭ́ppō	τᾰ̀ τέθρῐππᾰ tằ téthrĭppă
Genitive	τοῦ τεθρῐ́ππου toû tethrĭ́ppou	τοῖν τεθρῐ́πποιν toîn tethrĭ́ppoin	τῶν τεθρῐ́ππων tôn tethrĭ́ppōn
Dative	τῷ τεθρῐ́ππῳ tôi tethrĭ́ppōi	τοῖν τεθρῐ́πποιν toîn tethrĭ́ppoin	τοῖς τεθρῐ́πποις toîs tethrĭ́ppois
Accusative	τὸ τέθρῐππον tò téthrĭppon	τὼ τεθρῐ́ππω tṑ tethrĭ́ppō	τᾰ̀ τέθρῐππᾰ tằ téthrĭppă
Vocative	τέθρῐππον téthrĭppon	τεθρῐ́ππω tethrĭ́ppō	τέθρῐππᾰ téthrĭppă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• συνωρίς (sunōrís, “two-horse chariot, pair of horses”)

Derived terms

• τεθρῐπποτρόφος (tethrĭppotróphos)

References

• “τέθριππος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press