Ἱπποκράτης

See also: Ιπποκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs). Compare Κράτιππος (Krátippos), which uses the same elements in the reverse order.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.krá.tɛːs/ → /ip.poˈkra.tis/ → /i.poˈkra.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.po.krá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.poˈkra.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈkra.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈkra.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́της • (Hippokrátēs) m (genitive Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τους); third declension

1. a male given name: Hippocrates
2. in particular, the physician Hippocrates of Kos

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́της ho Hippokrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τους toû Hippokrátous
Dative	τῷ Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τει tôi Hippokrátei
Accusative	τὸν Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τη tòn Hippokrátē
Vocative	Ῐ̔ππόκρᾰτες Hippókrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιπποκράτης (Ippokrátis)
• → Arabic: أَبُقْرَاط (ʔabuqrāṭ), بُقْرَاط (buqrāṭ)
• → Italian: Ippocrate
• → Latin: Hippocrates
• → Old Armenian: Հիպոկրատէս (Hipokratēs)
  • Armenian: Հիպոկրատես (Hipokrates)
• → Turkish: Hipokrat

References

• “Ἱπποκράτης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013