ἱππομανές
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of ἱππομᾰνής (hippomănḗs, “swarming with horses”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.po.ma.nés/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ip.po.maˈnes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ip.po.maˈnes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ip.po.maˈnes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.po.maˈnes/
Noun
ἱππομᾰνές • (hippomănés) n (genitive ἱππομᾰνοῦς); third declension
- thorn apple (Datura stramonium), of which horses are madly fond or which makes them mad
- Synonym: στρῠ́χνον (strŭ́khnon)
- (zoology) small black fleshy substance on the forehead of a new-born foal
- mucous humor that runs from mares
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἱππομᾰνές tò hippomănés |
τὼ ἱππομᾰνεῖ tṑ hippomăneî |
τᾰ̀ ἱππομᾰνῆ tằ hippomănê | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἱππομᾰνοῦς toû hippomănoûs |
τοῖν ἱππομᾰνοῖν toîn hippomănoîn |
τῶν ἱππομᾰνῶν tôn hippomănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἱππομᾰνεῖ tōî hippomăneî |
τοῖν ἱππομᾰνοῖν toîn hippomănoîn |
τοῖς ἱππομᾰνέσῐ / ἱππομᾰνέσῐν toîs hippomănésĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἱππομᾰνές tò hippomănés |
τὼ ἱππομᾰνεῖ tṑ hippomăneî |
τᾰ̀ ἱππομᾰνῆ tằ hippomănê | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἱππομᾰνές hippomănés |
ἱππομᾰνεῖ hippomăneî |
ἱππομᾰνῆ hippomănê | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: hippomanes
- → Translingual: Hippomane
Further reading
- “ἱππομανές”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱππομανές in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette