ἱππολάπαθον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ λάπαθον (lápathon, “monk's rhubarb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.lá.pa.tʰon/ → /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/ → /i.poˈla.pa.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.po.lá.pa.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.poˈla.pa.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.poˈla.pa.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈla.pa.θon/

Noun

ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον • (hippolápathon) n (genitive ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. dock-sorrel (Rumex aquaticus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον; τοῦ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον tò hippolápathon	τὼ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ hippolapáthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tà hippolápatha
Genitive	τοῦ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θου toû hippolapáthou	τοῖν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn hippolapáthoin	τῶν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θων tôn hippolapáthōn
Dative	τῷ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi hippolapáthōi	τοῖν ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn hippolapáthoin	τοῖς ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs hippolapáthois
Accusative	τὸ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον tò hippolápathon	τὼ ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ hippolapáthō	τᾰ̀ ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tà hippolápatha
Vocative	ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθον hippolápathon	ἱππολᾰπᾰ́θω hippolapáthō	ἱππολᾰ́πᾰθᾰ hippolápatha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱππολάπαθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱππολάπαθον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette