ἱππομάραθον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱππομάραθρον (hippomárathron)

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.má.ra.tʰon/ → /ip.poˈma.ra.θon/ → /i.poˈma.ra.θon/

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

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Noun

ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθον • (hippomắrăthon) n (genitive ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θου); second declension

1. horse fennel (Prangos ferulacea)

   Synonyms: θύμαρνον (thúmarnon), μαγύδαρις (magúdaris)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθον; τοῦ ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθον tò hippomắrăthon	τὼ ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θω tṑ hippomărắthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθᾰ tằ hippomắrăthă
Genitive	τοῦ ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θου toû hippomărắthou	τοῖν ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θοιν toîn hippomărắthoin	τῶν ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θων tôn hippomărắthōn
Dative	τῷ ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θῳ tôi hippomărắthōi	τοῖν ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θοιν toîn hippomărắthoin	τοῖς ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θοις toîs hippomărắthois
Accusative	τὸ ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθον tò hippomắrăthon	τὼ ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θω tṑ hippomărắthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθᾰ tằ hippomắrăthă
Vocative	ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθον hippomắrăthon	ἱππομᾰρᾰ́θω hippomărắthō	ἱππομᾰ́ρᾰθᾰ hippomắrăthă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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