ἵππουρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵππουρος (híppouros, “horse-tailed”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, 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 • (híppourĭs) 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 híppourĭs	τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúrĭde	αἱ ἱππούρῐδες hai hippoúrĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἱππούρῐδος tês hippoúrĭdos	τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourĭ́doin	τῶν ἱππουρῐ́δων tôn hippourĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἱππούρῐδῐ têi hippoúrĭdĭ	τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourĭ́doin	ταῖς ἱππούρῐσῐ / ἱππούρῐσῐν taîs hippoúrĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἱππούρῐδᾰ tḕn hippoúrĭdă	τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúrĭde	τᾱ̀ς ἱππούρῐδᾰς tā̀s hippoúrĭdăs
Vocative	ἵππουρῐς híppourĭs	ἱππούρῐδε hippoúrĭde	ἱππούρῐδες hippoúrĭdes
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 • (híppourĭs) (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 híppourĭs
Genitive	ἱππούρῐος / ἱππούρηος hippoúrĭos / hippoúrēos
Dative	ἱππούρῐῐ / ἱππούρῑ / ἱππούρηῐ̈ / ἱππούρει hippoúrĭĭ / hippoúrī / hippoúrēĭ̈ / hippoúrei
Accusative	ἵππουρῐν híppourĭn
Vocative	ἵππουρῐ híppourĭ
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), 2025