Ἱππόλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) +‎ λῠτός (lŭtós, “releaser, unleasher”). The latter element, found in names, derives from the verb λύω (lúō).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος • (Hĭppólŭtos) m (genitive Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του); second declension

  1. a male given name
  2. Any of various figures from Greek myth and legend, especially the son of Theseus.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος; τοῦ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος
ho Hĭppólŭtos
Genitive τοῦ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του
toû Hĭppolŭ́tou
Dative τῷ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́τῳ
tōî Hĭppolŭ́tōi
Accusative τὸν Ῐ̔ππόλῠτον
tòn Hĭppólŭton
Vocative Ῐ̔ππόλῠτε
Hĭppólŭte
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιππόλυτος (Ippólytos)
  • Latin: Hippolytus
  • → Russian: Ипполит (Ippolit)

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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