τέθριππον

τέθριππον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέθρῐππος (téthrippos), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) +‎ ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.tʰrip.pon/ → /ˈte.θrip.pon/ → /ˈte.θri.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.tʰrip.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.tʰrip.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θrip.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θrip.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.θri.pon/

Noun

τέθρῐππον • (téthrippon) n (genitive τεθρῐ́ππου); second declension

1. quadriga, a four-horse chariot

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τέθρῐππον; τοῦ τεθρῐ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέθρῐππον tò téthrippon	τὼ τεθρῐ́ππω tṑ tethríppō	τᾰ̀ τέθρῐππᾰ tà téthrippa
Genitive	τοῦ τεθρῐ́ππου toû tethríppou	τοῖν τεθρῐ́πποιν toîn tethríppoin	τῶν τεθρῐ́ππων tôn tethríppōn
Dative	τῷ τεθρῐ́ππῳ tôi tethríppōi	τοῖν τεθρῐ́πποιν toîn tethríppoin	τοῖς τεθρῐ́πποις toîs tethríppois
Accusative	τὸ τέθρῐππον tò téthrippon	τὼ τεθρῐ́ππω tṑ tethríppō	τᾰ̀ τέθρῐππᾰ tà téthrippa
Vocative	τέθρῐππον téthrippon	τεθρῐ́ππω tethríppō	τέθρῐππᾰ téthrippa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• συνωρίς (sunōrís, “two-horse chariot, pair of horses”)

Derived terms

• τεθρῐπποτρόφος (tethrippotróphos)

References

• “τέθριππος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press