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ιππέας

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See also: ἱππέας

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱππεύς (hippeús).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈpe.as/
  • Hyphenation: ιπ‧πέ‧ας

Noun

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ιππέας • (ippéas) m (plural ιππείς)

  1. (military) horseman, cavalryman (soldier on horseback)
    Hypernym: καβαλάρης m (kavaláris)
    1. (historical, Ancient Greece) hippeus

Declension

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Declension of ιππέας
singular plural
nominative ιππέας (ippéas) ιππείς (ippeís)
genitive ιππέα (ippéa)
ιππέως (ippéos) 		ιππέων (ippéon)
accusative ιππέα (ippéa) ιππείς (ippeís)
vocative ιππέα (ippéa) ιππείς (ippeís)


The second genitive singular is formal (ancient).

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References

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  1. ^ ιππέας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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