Hippocrates

English

Alternative forms

• Hippokrates

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/

Proper noun

Hippocrates

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".

Derived terms

• Hippocrates' sleeve
• Hippocratian
• Hippocratism
• lune of Hippocrates

Related terms

• facies Hippocratica
• hippocras
• Hippocratic, Hippocratical

Translations

an Ancient Greek male given name

• Arabic: أَبُقْرَاط m (ʔabuqrāṭ), بُقْرَاط m (buqrāṭ)
• Armenian: Հիպոկրատ (Hipokrat)

  Old Armenian: Հիպոկրատէս (Hipokratēs)

• Azerbaijani: Hippokrat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希波克拉底 (Xībōkèlādǐ)

• Dutch: Hippocrates
• Finnish: Hippokrates
• French: Hippocrate (fr) m
• German: Hippokrates m
• Greek: Ιπποκράτης (el) m (Ippokrátis)

  Ancient: Ἱπποκράτης m (Hippokrátēs)

• Hungarian: Hippokratész (hu)
• Italian: Ippocrate
• Japanese: ヒポクラテス (Hipokuratesu), ヒッポクラテース (Hippokuratēsu)
• Latin: Hippocratēs m
• Middle English: Ypocras
• Mongolian: Хиппократэс (Xippokrates)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hippokrates

  Nynorsk: Hippokrates

• Old Norse: Hippokrates
• Persian: بقراط (fa) (boqrât), هیپوکراتیس (hippokrâtis)
• Polish: Hipokrates m
• Portuguese: Hipócrates m
• Romanian: Hippocrate m
• Russian: Гиппокра́т (ru) m (Gippokrát)
• Spanish: Hipócrates m
• Swedish: Hippokrates
• Turkish: Hipokrat
• Ukrainian: Гіппокра́т m (Hippokrát)

References

• “Hippocrates”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “Hippocrates”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "Hippocrates" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hipˈpo.kra.teːs/, [hɪpˈpɔkrät̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.kra.tes/, [ipˈpɔːkrät̪es]

Proper noun

Hippocratēs m sg (genitive Hippocratis); third declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hippocratēs
genitive	Hippocratis
dative	Hippocratī
accusative	Hippocratem
ablative	Hippocrate
vocative	Hippocratēs

References

• “Hippocrates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hippocrates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.