ἱππολάπαθον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ λάπαθον (lápathon, “monk's rhubarb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.lá.pa.tʰon/ → /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/ → /i.poˈla.pa.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.po.lá.pa.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.poˈla.pa.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈla.pa.θon/

Noun

ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον • (hippolắpăthon) n (genitive ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. dock-sorrel (Rumex aquaticus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον; τοῦ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον tò hippolắpăthon	τὼ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ hippolăpắthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tằ hippolắpăthă
Genitive	τοῦ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου toû hippolăpắthou	τοῖν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn hippolăpắthoin	τῶν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θων tôn hippolăpắthōn
Dative	τῷ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi hippolăpắthōi	τοῖν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn hippolăpắthoin	τοῖς ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs hippolăpắthois
Accusative	τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον tò hippolắpăthon	τὼ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ hippolăpắthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tằ hippolắpăthă
Vocative	ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον hippolắpăthon	ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω hippolăpắthō	ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ hippolắpăthă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱππολάπαθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱππολάπαθον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette