ἱπποπόταμος

See also: ιπποπόταμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ ποτᾰμός (potămós, “river”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος • (hĭppopótămos) m (genitive ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου); second declension

  1. hippopotamus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος; τοῦ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος
ho hĭppopótămos 		τὼ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω
tṑ hĭppopotắmō 		οἱ ῐ̔πποπότᾰμοι
hoi hĭppopótămoi
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου
toû hĭppopotắmou 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοιν
toîn hĭppopotắmoin 		τῶν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μων
tôn hĭppopotắmōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μῳ
tōî hĭppopotắmōi 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοιν
toîn hĭppopotắmoin 		τοῖς ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μοις
toîs hĭppopotắmois
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔πποπότᾰμον
tòn hĭppopótămon 		τὼ ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω
tṑ hĭppopotắmō 		τοὺς ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μους
toùs hĭppopotắmous
Vocative ῐ̔πποπότᾰμε
hĭppopótăme 		ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μω
hĭppopotắmō 		ῐ̔πποπότᾰμοι
hĭppopótămoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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