Hippodamia

Translingual

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (thirteen-spotted lady beetle)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hippodamia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybugs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Cucujoidea – superfamily; Coccinellidae – family; Coccinellinae – subfamily; Coccinellini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (thirteen-spotted lady beetle) – type species

References

• Hippodamia (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippodamia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hippodamia (Coccinellidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Hippodamea
• Hippodameia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱπποδάμεια (Hippodámeia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪə/

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Proper noun

Hippodamia

1. (Greek mythology) Various female Ancient Greek mythological figures, especially the queen of Pisa as the wife of Pelops.
   • 2007, Marianthe Colakis, Mary Joan Masello, Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, →ISBN, page 207:

     Restored to life, Pelops competes for Hippodamia against her father Oenomaus, who dies cursing Pelops' family.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hippodamē

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱπποδάμεια (Hippodámeia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hip.po.daˈmiː.a/, [hɪpːɔd̪äˈmiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ip.po.daˈmi.a/, [ipːod̪äˈmiːä]

Proper noun

Hippodamīa f sg (genitive Hippodamīae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hippodamia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hippodamīa
genitive	Hippodamīae
dative	Hippodamīae
accusative	Hippodamīam
ablative	Hippodamīā
vocative	Hippodamīa

References

• Hippodamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.