ἱππαγωγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ ᾰ̓γωγός (ăgōgós, “leading, guiding”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.pa.ɡɔː.ɡós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.pa.ɡoˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.pa.ɣoˈɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.pa.ɣoˈɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pa.ɣoˈɣos/

Adjective

ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός • (hĭppăgōgós) m or f (neuter ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν); second declension

(especially of ships) carrying horses
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.48:
  δῐέπεμπε […], κελεύων νέας τε μᾰκρᾱ̀ς καὶ ῐ̔ππᾰγωγᾰ̀ πλοῖᾰ ποιέεσθαι.
  dĭépempe […], keleúōn néas te măkrā̀s kaì hĭppăgōgằ ploîă poiéesthai.
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.56:
  ἦγε δ̓ ἐπῐ̀ τῶν νεῶν ὁπλῑ́τᾱς Ᾰ̓θηναίων τετρᾰκῐσχῑλῐ́ους καὶ ῐ̔ππέᾱς τρῐᾱκοσῐ́ους ἐν ναυσῐ̀ν ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖς
  êge d epĭ̀ tôn neôn hoplī́tās Ăthēnaíōn tetrăkĭskhīlĭ́ous kaì hĭppéās trĭākosĭ́ous en nausĭ̀n hĭppăgōgoîs

Inflection

Second declension of ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός; ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός hĭppăgōgós	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν hĭppăgōgón	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοί hĭppăgōgoí	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγᾰ́ hĭppăgōgắ
Genitive	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῦ hĭppăgōgoû	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῦ hĭppăgōgoû	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖν hĭppăgōgoîn	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖν hĭppăgōgoîn	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγῶν hĭppăgōgôn	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγῶν hĭppăgōgôn
Dative	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγῷ hĭppăgōgôi	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγῷ hĭppăgōgôi	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖν hĭppăgōgoîn	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖν hĭppăgōgoîn	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖς hĭppăgōgoîs	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖς hĭppăgōgoîs
Accusative	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν hĭppăgōgón	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν hĭppăgōgón	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγούς hĭppăgōgoús	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγᾰ́ hĭppăgōgắ
Vocative	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγέ hĭppăgōgé	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν hĭppăgōgón	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγώ hĭppăgōgṓ	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοί hĭppăgōgoí	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγᾰ́ hĭppăgōgắ
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ῐ̔ππᾰγωγῶς hĭppăgōgôs		ῐ̔ππᾰγωγότερος hĭppăgōgóteros		ῐ̔ππᾰγωγότᾰτος hĭppăgōgótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ᾰ̓γκᾰλῐδᾰγωγός (ănkălĭdăgōgós)
αἱμᾰγωγός (haimăgōgós)
ᾰ̓χῠρᾰγωγός (ăkhŭrăgōgós)
βροντᾰγωγός (brontăgōgós)
γλευκᾰγωγός (gleukăgōgós)
δουλᾰγωγός (doulăgōgós)
δρᾱπετᾰγωγός (drāpetăgōgós)
εἰσᾰγωγός (eisăgōgós)
ῐ̔ερᾰγωγός (hĭerăgōgós)
ῐ̓χθῠᾰγωγός (ĭkhthŭăgōgós)
κοπρᾰγωγός (koprăgōgós)
κῡφᾰγωγός (kūphăgōgós)
λᾰφῡρᾰγωγός (lăphūrăgōgós)
λῐθᾰγωγός (lĭthăgōgós)
μειᾰγωγός (meiăgōgós)
μῡρῐᾰγωγός (mūrĭăgōgós)
μῠστᾰγωγός (mŭstăgōgós)
νεκρᾰγωγός (nekrăgōgós)
νεκῠᾰγωγός (nekŭăgōgós)
νωτᾰγωγός (nōtăgōgós)
οἰνᾰγωγός (oinăgōgós)
ὁπλῑτᾰγωγός (hoplītăgōgós)
οὐρᾰγωγός (ourăgōgós)
σῐδηρᾰγωγός (sĭdērăgōgós)
σῑτᾰγωγός (sītăgōgós)
σκευᾰγωγός (skeuăgōgós)
σπονδᾰγωγός (spondăgōgós)
ῠ̔δρᾰγωγός (hŭdrăgōgós)
ῡ̔λᾰγωγός (hūlăgōgós)
φλεγμᾰγωγός (phlegmăgōgós)
φορτᾰγωγός (phortăgōgós)
φῠγᾰγωγός (phŭgăgōgós)
φωτᾰγωγός (phōtăgōgós)
χᾰλῑνᾰγωγός (khălīnăgōgós)
χειρᾰγωγός (kheirăgōgós)
χολᾰγωγός (kholăgōgós)
ψῡχᾰγωγός (psūkhăgōgós)

Descendants

→ Latin: hippagōgī (plural noun)

References

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