Ἱππόθοος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “quick”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.pó.tʰo.os/ → /ipˈpo.θo.os/ → /iˈpo.θo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.pó.tʰo.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ipˈpo.tʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.θo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.θo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.θo.os/

Proper noun

Ἱππόθοος • (Hippóthoos) m (genitive Ἱπποθόου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hippothous, a descendant of Pelasgus slain by Ajax

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἱππόθοος; τοῦ Ἱπποθόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱππόθοος ho Hippóthoos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱπποθόου toû Hippothóou
Dative	τῷ Ἱπποθόῳ tôi Hippothóōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἱππόθοον tòn Hippóthoon
Vocative	Ἱππόθοε Hippóthoe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιππόθοος (Ippóthoos)
• → Latin: Hippothous

References

• “Ἱππόθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἱππόθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette