ἱππιατρός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῐ̔πποῑ̈́ᾱτρος (hĭppoī̈́ātros)
Etymology
ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + ῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrós, “physician”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.piː.aː.trós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ip.pi.aˈtros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ip.pi.aˈtros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ip.pi.aˈtros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.pi.aˈtros/
Noun
ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρός • (hĭppīātrós) m (genitive ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροῦ); second declension
- a veterinary surgeon, a farrier
- 2nd century B.C.E., Inscriptiones Graecae 9(2).69.5
- c. 100 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 1.229.10–11:[1]
- τὸ δὲ ἰατρός φ ι λ ί α τ ρ ο ς ἀναβιβάζει καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀ ρ χ ι α τ ρ ό ς καὶ ἱ π π ι α τ ρ ό ς φυλάττει.
- tò dè iatrós p h i l í a t r o s anabibázei kaì en tōî a r k h i a t r ó s kaì h i p p i a t r ó s phuláttei.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- τὸ δὲ ἰατρός φ ι λ ί α τ ρ ο ς ἀναβιβάζει καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀ ρ χ ι α τ ρ ό ς καὶ ἱ π π ι α τ ρ ό ς φυλάττει.
- C.E. 3rd century, PGen. 42.35
- 5th–6th centuries AD, Τῶν Ἱππιατρικῶν βιβλία δύο· Veterinæ Medicinæ libri duo 12
- 5th–6th centuries AD, Τῶν Ἱππιατρικῶν βιβλία δύο· Veterinæ Medicinæ libri duo 27
- CIG 1953, (from Macedonia)
- C.E. 4th century, Oxyrhynchus Papyri 92
- Anthology of Planudes 4.271
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρός ho hĭppīātrós |
τὼ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρώ tṑ hĭppīātrṓ |
οἱ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροί hoi hĭppīātroí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροῦ toû hĭppīātroû |
τοῖν ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροῖν toîn hĭppīātroîn |
τῶν ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρῶν tôn hĭppīātrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρῷ tōî hĭppīātrōî |
τοῖν ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροῖν toîn hĭppīātroîn |
τοῖς ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροῖς toîs hĭppīātroîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρόν tòn hĭppīātrón |
τὼ ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρώ tṑ hĭppīātrṓ |
τοὺς ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρούς toùs hĭppīātroús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρέ hĭppīātré |
ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρώ hĭppīātrṓ |
ῐ̔ππῑᾱτροί hĭppīātroí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῐ̔ππῑᾱτρῐκός (hĭppīātrĭkós)
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἱππιατρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱππιατρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette