ταχύπωλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + πῶλος (pôlos, “foal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.kʰý.pɔː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taˈkʰy.po.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /taˈçy.po.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /taˈçy.po.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /taˈçi.po.los/
Adjective
τᾰχύπωλος • (takhúpōlos) m or f (neuter τᾰχύπωλον); second declension
- (Epic) having swift horses
Declension
Second declension of τᾰχῠ́πωλος; τᾰχῠ́πωλον (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τᾰχῠ́πωλος takhúpōlos | τᾰχῠ́πωλον takhúpōlon | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠ́πωλοι takhúpōloi | τᾰχῠ́πωλᾰ takhúpōla | ||||||||
Genitive | τᾰχῠπώλου / τᾰχῠπωλοῖο / τᾰχῠπώλοιο / τᾰχῠπωλόο / τᾰχῠπώλοο takhupṓlou / takhupōloîo / takhupṓloio / takhupōlóo / takhupṓloo | τᾰχῠπώλου / τᾰχῠπωλοῖο / τᾰχῠπώλοιο / τᾰχῠπωλόο / τᾰχῠπώλοο takhupṓlou / takhupōloîo / takhupṓloio / takhupōlóo / takhupṓloo | τᾰχῠπώλοιῐν takhupṓloiin | τᾰχῠπώλοιῐν takhupṓloiin | τᾰχῠπώλων takhupṓlōn | τᾰχῠπώλων takhupṓlōn | ||||||||
Dative | τᾰχῠπώλῳ takhupṓlōi | τᾰχῠπώλῳ takhupṓlōi | τᾰχῠπώλοιῐν takhupṓloiin | τᾰχῠπώλοιῐν takhupṓloiin | τᾰχῠπώλοισῐ / τᾰχῠπώλοισῐν / τᾰχῠπώλοις takhupṓloisi(n) / takhupṓlois | τᾰχῠπώλοισῐ / τᾰχῠπώλοισῐν / τᾰχῠπώλοις takhupṓloisi(n) / takhupṓlois | ||||||||
Accusative | τᾰχῠ́πωλον takhúpōlon | τᾰχῠ́πωλον takhúpōlon | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠπώλους takhupṓlous | τᾰχῠ́πωλᾰ takhúpōla | ||||||||
Vocative | τᾰχῠ́πωλε takhúpōle | τᾰχῠ́πωλον takhúpōlon | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠπώλω takhupṓlō | τᾰχῠ́πωλοι takhúpōloi | τᾰχῠ́πωλᾰ takhúpōla | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τᾰχῠπώλως takhupṓlōs | τᾰχῠπωλότερος takhupōlóteros | τᾰχῠπωλότᾰτος takhupōlótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ταχύπωλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ταχύπωλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ταχύπωλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ταχύπωλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press