ἵππος

See also ίππος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἴκκος
• 𐀂𐀦 (i-qo) (Mycenaean) = *hikʷos

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic (cf. Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀦 (i-qo)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁ḱu- (“swift”). Unexplained is ἱ (hi) for ἐ (e). Cognates include Sanskrit अश्व (áśva), Latin equus, Gaulish epos, Old Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”) and Old English eoh.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /híp̚pos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /híp̚pos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /íp̚pos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /íp̚pos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ípos/

Noun

ἵππος (genitive ἵππου) m, second declension; (hippos)

1. A horse.
2. cavalry

Inflection

Second declension of ἵππος, ἵππου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἵππος	τὼ ἵππω	οἱ ἵπποι
Genitive	τοῦ ἵππου	τοῖν ἵπποιν	τῶν ἵππων
Dative	τῷ ἵππῳ	τοῖν ἵπποιν	τοῖς ἵπποις
Accusative	τὸν ἵππον	τὼ ἵππω	τοὺς ἵππους
Vocative	ἵππε	ἵππω	ἵπποι

Derived terms

• Ἀγρίππας
• Φίλιππος

Descendants

English: hippocampus

English: hippopotamus

• Greek: ίππος

References

• ἵππος in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2462