hippopotamus
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See also: Hippopotamus
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hippopotamos (archaic)
- hippotamus (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hippopotamus (plural hippopotamuses or hippopotamusses or hippopotami or hippopotamoi or hippopotamus)
- A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius).
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
- 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.
- Any similar animal of the family Hippopotamidae.
Synonyms[edit]
- (semi-aquatic mammal): hippo, river horse
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Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
large African mammal
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Synonyms[edit]
- (a large, herbivorous African mammal): hippo, river horse
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hip.poˈpo.ta.mus/, [hɪpːɔˈpɔt̪ämʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ip.poˈpo.ta.mus/, [ipːoˈpɔːt̪ämus]
Noun[edit]
hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | hippopotamus | hippopotamī |
Genitive | hippopotamī | hippopotamōrum |
Dative | hippopotamō | hippopotamīs |
Accusative | hippopotamum | hippopotamōs |
Ablative | hippopotamō | hippopotamīs |
Vocative | hippopotame | hippopotamī |
Descendants[edit]
- English: hippopotamus
- Portuguese: hipopótamo
References[edit]
- 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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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
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- en:Even-toed ungulates
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- la:Even-toed ungulates