ἱππομανές
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of ῐ̔ππομᾰνής (hĭppomănḗs, “swarming with horses”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.po.ma.nés/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ip.po.maˈnes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ip.po.maˈnes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ip.po.maˈnes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.po.maˈnes/
Noun
ῐ̔ππομᾰνές • (hĭppomănés) n (genitive ῐ̔ππομᾰνοῦς); third declension
- thorn apple (Datura stramonium), of which horses are madly fond or which makes them mad
- Synonym: στρῠ́χνον (strŭ́khnon)
- (zoology) small black fleshy substance on the forehead of a new-born foal
- mucous humor that runs from mares
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ῐ̔ππομᾰνές tò hĭppomănés |
τὼ ῐ̔ππομᾰνεῖ tṑ hĭppomăneî |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̔ππομᾰνῆ tằ hĭppomănê | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̔ππομᾰνοῦς toû hĭppomănoûs |
τοῖν ῐ̔ππομᾰνοῖν toîn hĭppomănoîn |
τῶν ῐ̔ππομᾰνῶν tôn hĭppomănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῐ̔ππομᾰνεῖ tōî hĭppomăneî |
τοῖν ῐ̔ππομᾰνοῖν toîn hĭppomănoîn |
τοῖς ῐ̔ππομᾰνέσῐ / ῐ̔ππομᾰνέσῐν toîs hĭppomănésĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ῐ̔ππομᾰνές tò hĭppomănés |
τὼ ῐ̔ππομᾰνεῖ tṑ hĭppomăneî |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̔ππομᾰνῆ tằ hĭppomănê | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̔ππομᾰνές hĭppomănés |
ῐ̔ππομᾰνεῖ hĭppomăneî |
ῐ̔ππομᾰνῆ hĭppomănê | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: hippomanes
- → Translingual: Hippomane
Further reading
- “ἱππομανές”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱππομανές in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette