ἱππόδρομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, horse) + δρόμος (drómos, street).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ῐ̔ππόδρομος • (hĭppódromosm (genitive ῐ̔πποδρόμου); second declension

    1. hippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • English: hippodrome
    • Greek: ιππόδρομος (ippódromos) (learned)
    • Latin: hippodromos

    References

    • ἱππόδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ἱππόδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • ἱππόδρομος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • ἱππόδρομος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.