hippopotamus
See also: Hippopotamus
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: hip‧po‧po‧ta‧mus
Noun
hippopotamus (plural hippopotami or hippopotamuses or hippopotamus)
- A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.
- Synonyms: hippo, river horse
- Any similar animal of the family Hippopotamidae.
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Translations
large African mammal
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hip.poˈpo.ta.mus/, [hɪpːɔˈpɔt̪ämʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ip.poˈpo.ta.mus/, [ipːoˈpɔːt̪ämus]
Noun
hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hippopotamus | hippopotamī |
Genitive | hippopotamī | hippopotamōrum |
Dative | hippopotamō | hippopotamīs |
Accusative | hippopotamum | hippopotamōs |
Ablative | hippopotamō | hippopotamīs |
Vocative | hippopotame | hippopotamī |
Descendants
- English: hippopotamus
- Portuguese: hipopótamo
References
- “hippopotamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hippopotamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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