Ἱπποκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, horse) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, power) +‎ -ης (-ēs). Compare Κράτιππος (Krátippos), which uses the same elements in the reverse order.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́της • (Hĭppokrắtēsm (genitive Ῐ̔πποκρᾰ́τους); third declension

  1. a male given name, Hippocrates
  2. in particular, the physician Hippocrates of Kos

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Ἱπποκράτης”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013