ἵππουρις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἵππουρος (híppouros, “horse-tailed”) + -ῐς (-is, forms feminine nouns).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /híp.puː.ris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ip.pu.ris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈip.pu.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈip.pu.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.pu.ris/
Noun
ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) f (genitive ἱππούρῐδος); third declension
- horse tail, satyr's tail
- wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
- Synonym: ἐφέδρα (ephédra)
- complaint in the groin, caused by constant riding
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἵππουρῐς; τῆς ἱππούρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἵππουρῐς hē híppouris | τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúride | αἱ ἱππούρῐδες hai hippoúrides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἱππούρῐδος tês hippoúridos | τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourídoin | τῶν ἱππουρῐ́δων tôn hippourídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἱππούρῐδῐ têi hippoúridi | τοῖν ἱππουρῐ́δοιν toîn hippourídoin | ταῖς ἱππούρῐσῐ / ἱππούρῐσῐν taîs hippoúrisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἱππούρῐδᾰ tḕn hippoúrida | τὼ ἱππούρῐδε tṑ hippoúride | τᾱ̀ς ἱππούρῐδᾰς tā̀s hippoúridas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἵππουρῐς híppouris | ἱππούρῐδε hippoúride | ἱππούρῐδες hippoúrides | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Hippuris
Adjective
ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) (attested only in feminine singular); third declension
- (Epic) having a horse tail plume (of a helmet etc.)
Declension
Third declension of ἵππουρῐς; ἱππούρῐος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἵππουρῐς híppouris | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἱππούρῐος / ἱππούρηος hippoúrios / hippoúrēos | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἱππούρῐῐ / ἱππούρῑ / ἱππούρηῐ̈ / ἱππούρει hippoúrii / hippoúrī / hippoúrēï / hippoúrei | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἵππουρῐν híppourin | ||||||||||||
Vocative | ἵππουρῐ híppouri | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἵππουρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἵππουρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἵππουρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἵππουρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἵππουρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἵππουρις – Equisetum sp. pl.”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2023