Hippocrates

Hippocrates

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/

Proper noun

Hippocrates

1. An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine."

Derived terms

• Hippocrates' sleeve
• Hippocratian
• Hippocratism

Related terms

• facies Hippocratica
• hippocras
• Hippocratic, Hippocratical

Translations

an Ancient Greek male given name

Armenian: Հիպոկրատ (Hipokrat) Old Armenian: Հիպոկրատէս (Hipokratēs) Azerbaijani: Hippokrat Chinese: Mandarin: 希波克拉底 (Xībōkèlādǐ) Dutch: Hippocrates Finnish: Hippokrates French: Hippocrate (fr) German: Hippokrates Greek: Ιπποκράτης (el) (Ippokrátis) Ancient: Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs) Hungarian: Hippokratész (hu) Italian: Ippocrate Japanese: ヒポクラテス (Hipokuratesu), ヒッポクラテース (hippokuratēsu) Latin: Hippocrates Middle English: Ypocras Mongolian: Хиппократэс (Xippokrates) Norwegian: Bokmål: Hippokrates Nynorsk: Hippokrates Old Norse: Hippokrates Persian: بقراط‎ (fa) (boqrāt), هیپوکراتیس‎ (hīppokrātīs) Polish: Hipokrates Portuguese: Hipócrates Romanian: Hippocrate Russian: Гиппокра́т (ru) m (Gippokrát) Spanish: Hipócrates Swedish: Hippokrates Turkish: Hipokrat Ukrainian: Гіппокра́т m (Hippokrát)

References

• Hippocrates in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “Hippocrates”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "Hippocrates" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hipˈpo.kra.teːs/, [hɪpˈpɔkrät̪eːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.kra.tes/, [ipˈpɔːkrät̪es]

Proper noun

Hippocratēs m sg (genitive Hippocratis); third declension

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hippocratēs
Genitive	Hippocratis
Dative	Hippocratī
Accusative	Hippocratem
Ablative	Hippocrate
Vocative	Hippocratēs

References

• “Hippocrates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hippocrates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette