ἵππουρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵππουρος (híppouros, “horse-tailed”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, forms feminine nouns).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /híp.puː.ris/ → /ˈip.pu.ris/ → /ˈi.pu.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /híp.puː.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ip.pu.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.pu.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.pu.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pu.ris/

Noun

ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) f (genitive ἱππούρῐδος); third declension

1. horse tail, satyr's tail
2. wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

   Synonym: ἐφέδρα (ephédra)

3. complaint in the groin, caused by constant riding

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἵππουρῐς; τῆς ἱππούρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἵππουρῐς hē híppouris	τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúride	αἱ ἱππούρῐδες hai hippoúrides
Genitive	τῆς ἱππούρῐδος tês hippoúridos	τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourídoin	τῶν ἱππουρῐ́δων tôn hippourídōn
Dative	τῇ ἱππούρῐδῐ têi hippoúridi	τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourídoin	ταῖς ἱππούρῐσῐ / ἱππούρῐσῐν taîs hippoúrisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἱππούρῐδᾰ tḕn hippoúrida	τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúride	τᾱ̀ς ἱππούρῐδᾰς tā̀s hippoúridas
Vocative	ἵππουρῐς híppouris	ἱππούρῐδε hippoúride	ἱππούρῐδες hippoúrides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hippuris

Adjective

ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) (attested only in feminine singular); third declension

1. (Epic) having a horse tail plume (of a helmet etc.)

Declension

Third declension of ἵππουρῐς; ἱππούρῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἵππουρῐς híppouris
Genitive	ἱππούρῐος / ἱππούρηος hippoúrios / hippoúrēos
Dative	ἱππούρῐῐ / ἱππούρῑ / ἱππούρηῐ̈ / ἱππούρει hippoúrii / hippoúrī / hippoúrēï / hippoúrei
Accusative	ἵππουρῐν híppourin
Vocative	ἵππουρῐ híppouri
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἵππουρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἵππουρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἵππουρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἵππουρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἵππουρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἵππουρις – Equisetum sp. pl.”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2024