ἱππόκαμπος

See also: ιππόκαμπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος • (hĭppókămpos) m (genitive ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου); second declension

  1. (mythology) monster with the body of a horse and the tail of a fish, hippocampus
  2. (zoology) sea horse (fish of the genus Hippocampus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος; τοῦ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος
ho hĭppókămpos 		τὼ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
tṑ hĭppokắmpō 		οἱ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμποι
hoi hĭppókămpoi
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου
toû hĭppokắmpou 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποιν
toîn hĭppokắmpoin 		τῶν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπων
tôn hĭppokắmpōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπῳ
tōî hĭppokắmpōi 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποιν
toîn hĭppokắmpoin 		τοῖς ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποις
toîs hĭppokắmpois
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπον
tòn hĭppókămpon 		τὼ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
tṑ hĭppokắmpō 		τοὺς ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπους
toùs hĭppokắmpous
Vocative ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπε
hĭppókămpe 		ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
hĭppokắmpō 		ῐ̔ππόκᾰμποι
hĭppókămpoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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