hippodromos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hipˈpo.dro.mos/, [hɪpˈpɔd̪rɔmɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.dro.mos/, [ipˈpɔːd̪romos]

Noun

hippodromos m (genitive hippodromī); second declension

1. a hippodrome

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	hippodromos	hippodromī hippodromoe
genitive	hippodromī	hippodromōrum
dative	hippodromō	hippodromīs
accusative	hippodromon	hippodromōs
ablative	hippodromō	hippodromīs
vocative	hippodrome	hippodromī hippodromoe

Descendants

Descendants

• English: hippodrome
• French: hippodrome
• Italian: ippodromo
• Russian: ипподро́м (ippodróm)

References

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