ίππος
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See also: ἵππος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from French cheval.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ίππος • (íppos) m (plural ίπποι)
- (formal) horse
- (formal, chess) knight
- Synonym: άλογο (álogo)
- (gymnastics) pommel horse
- horsepower
- Synonym: άλογο (álogo)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ίππος (íppos) | ίπποι (íppoi) |
| genitive | ίππου (íppou) | ίππων (íppon) |
| accusative | ίππο (íppo) | ίππους (íppous) |
| vocative | ίππε (íppe) | ίπποι (íppoi) |
Related terms
[edit]- αφίππευση f (afíppefsi, “dismounting”)
- έφιππος (éfippos, “mounted, trooper”) (noun, adjective)
- ιππασία f (ippasía, “equestrianism, riding”)
- ιππέας m (ippéas, “cavalryman, horseman”)
- ίππευση f (íppefsi, “riding, mounting”)
- ιππεύω (ippévo, “to mount”)
- ιππικό n (ippikó, “cavalry”)
- ιππικός (ippikós, “equestrian, horse”, adjective)
- ιπποδρομία f (ippodromía, “horse race”)
- ιπποπόταμος m (ippopótamos, “hippopotamus”)
- ιππότης m (ippótis, “knight”)
See also
[edit]- see: άλογο n (álogo, “horse”)
See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Greek · πεσσοί (pessoí) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| βασιλιάς (vasiliás) | βασίλισσα (vasílissa) | πύργος (pýrgos) | αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) | ίππος (íppos) | στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni) |
References
[edit]- ίππος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
ίππος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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