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ίππος

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See also: ἵππος

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, horse). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from French cheval.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.pos/
  • Hyphenation: ίπ‧πος

Noun

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ίππος (ípposm (plural ίπποι)

  1. (formal) horse
    Synonyms: άλογο (álogo), άτι (áti)
  2. (formal, chess) knight
    Synonym: άλογο (álogo)
  3. (gymnastics) pommel horse
  4. horsepower
    Synonym: άλογο (álogo)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative ίππος (íppos) ίπποι (íppoi)
genitive ίππου (íppou) ίππων (íppon)
accusative ίππο (íppo) ίππους (íppous)
vocative ίππε (íppe) ίπποι (íppoi)
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See also

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See also

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Chess pieces in Greek · πεσσοί (pessoí) (layout · text)
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βασιλιάς (vasiliás) βασίλισσα (vasílissa) πύργος (pýrgos) αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) ίππος (íppos) στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni)

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