ἱπποσύνη
See also: ιπποσύνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + -σύνη (-súnē, abstract suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.po.sý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ip.poˈsy.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ip.poˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ip.poˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.poˈsi.ni/
Noun
ἱπποσύνη • (hipposúnē) f (genitive ἱπποσύνης); first declension
- the art of chariot driving, horsemanship
- (collective, military) cavalry
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̔πποσῠ́νη hē hĭpposŭ́nē |
τὼ ῐ̔πποσῠ́νᾱ tṑ hĭpposŭ́nā |
αἱ ῐ̔πποσῠ́ναι hai hĭpposŭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̔πποσῠ́νης tês hĭpposŭ́nēs |
τοῖν ῐ̔πποσῠ́ναιν toîn hĭpposŭ́nain |
τῶν ῐ̔πποσῠνῶν tôn hĭpposŭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̔πποσῠ́νῃ tēî hĭpposŭ́nēi |
τοῖν ῐ̔πποσῠ́ναιν toîn hĭpposŭ́nain |
ταῖς ῐ̔πποσῠ́ναις taîs hĭpposŭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̔πποσῠ́νην tḕn hĭpposŭ́nēn |
τὼ ῐ̔πποσῠ́νᾱ tṑ hĭpposŭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔πποσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s hĭpposŭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̔πποσῠ́νη hĭpposŭ́nē |
ῐ̔πποσῠ́νᾱ hĭpposŭ́nā |
ῐ̔πποσῠ́ναι hĭpposŭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ιπποσύνη (ipposýni)
Further reading
- “ἱπποσύνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἱπποσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἱπποσύνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἱπποσύνη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἱπποσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱπποσύνη in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn