φίλιππος

See also: Φίλιππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φιλο- (philo-, “love”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰí.lip.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.lip.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.lip.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lip.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.li.pos/

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰí lhip.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi l(h)ip.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi lip.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi lip.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi li.pos/

Medial aspiration or "interaspiration" in compounds is a documented feature of ancient Greek before occlusive voiceless consonants (κ, π, τ → χ, φ, θ) if the second word of the compound is an aspirated vowel; however, the possibility of this in all the other cases cannot be ruled out: Attic inscriptions don't indicate it but it is occasionally found. Also, Roman inscriptions show an alternation of transcription's standards: this may indeed have been a feature of Greek speech itself.^[1] Specifically the adjective φίλἱππος was mentioned as an example of this phaenomenon in a statement attributed to Herodian, with a phonological difference in the pronunciation compared to the proper name Φίλιππος without the aspiration on the second iota:^[2] if this attribution is authentic it would be a further confirmation of the medial aspiration.

Adjective

φίλιππος • (phílippos) m or f (neuter φίλιππον); second declension

fond of horses, horse-loving

Declension

Second declension of φῐ́λῐππος; φῐ́λῐππον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φῐ́λῐππος phĭ́lĭppos		φῐ́λῐππον phĭ́lĭppon	φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō		φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō	φῐ́λῐπποι phĭ́lĭppoi		φῐ́λῐππᾰ phĭ́lĭppă
Genitive	φῐλῐ́ππου phĭlĭ́ppou		φῐλῐ́ππου phĭlĭ́ppou	φῐλῐ́πποιν phĭlĭ́ppoin		φῐλῐ́πποιν phĭlĭ́ppoin	φῐλῐ́ππων phĭlĭ́ppōn		φῐλῐ́ππων phĭlĭ́ppōn
Dative	φῐλῐ́ππῳ phĭlĭ́ppōi		φῐλῐ́ππῳ phĭlĭ́ppōi	φῐλῐ́πποιν phĭlĭ́ppoin		φῐλῐ́πποιν phĭlĭ́ppoin	φῐλῐ́πποις phĭlĭ́ppois		φῐλῐ́πποις phĭlĭ́ppois
Accusative	φῐ́λῐππον phĭ́lĭppon		φῐ́λῐππον phĭ́lĭppon	φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō		φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō	φῐλῐ́ππους phĭlĭ́ppous		φῐ́λῐππᾰ phĭ́lĭppă
Vocative	φῐ́λῐππε phĭ́lĭppe		φῐ́λῐππον phĭ́lĭppon	φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō		φῐλῐ́ππω phĭlĭ́ppō	φῐ́λῐπποι phĭ́lĭppoi		φῐ́λῐππᾰ phĭ́lĭppă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φῐλῐ́ππως phĭlĭ́ppōs			φῐλῐππότερος phĭlĭppóteros			φῐλῐππότᾰτος phĭlĭppótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φιλιππίᾱ (philippíā)
Φίλιππος (Phílippos)

References

^ Allen, William Sidney (1987), Vox Graeca: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Greek‎^[1], 3rd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
^ Lentz, August (1965), Herodiani Techici Reliquiae‎^[2], volume II, 1: Reliqua scripta prosodiaca, pathologiam, orthographica continens, Leipzig: in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, page 48