ἱπποπόταμος

See also: ιπποπόταμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ ποτᾰμός (potămós, “river”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.pó.ta.mos/ → /ip.poˈpo.ta.mos/ → /i.poˈpo.ta.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.po.pó.ta.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.poˈpo.ta.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈpo.ta.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈpo.ta.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈpo.ta.mos/

Noun

ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος • (hĭppopótămos) m (genitive ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου); second declension

1. hippopotamus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος; τοῦ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος ho hĭppopótămos	τὼ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω tṑ hĭppopotắmō	οἱ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμοι hoi hĭppopótămoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου toû hĭppopotắmou	τοῖν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοιν toîn hĭppopotắmoin	τῶν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μων tôn hĭppopotắmōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μῳ tôi hĭppopotắmōi	τοῖν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοιν toîn hĭppopotắmoin	τοῖς ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοις toîs hĭppopotắmois
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔πποπότᾰμον tòn hĭppopótămon	τὼ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω tṑ hĭppopotắmō	τοὺς ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μους toùs hĭppopotắmous
Vocative	ῐ̔πποπότᾰμε hĭppopótăme	ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω hĭppopotắmō	ῐ̔πποπότᾰμοι hĭppopótămoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَرَس نَهْر (faras nahr) (calque)
• → Danish: flodhest (calque)
• → German: Flusspferd (calque)
• → English: river horse (calque)
• → Latin: hippopotamus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: գետաձի (getaji) (calque)

References

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