ἵππουρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵππουρος (híppouros, “horse-tailed”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, forms feminine nouns).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) f (genitive ἱππούρῐδος); third declension

  1. horse tail, satyr's tail
  2. wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
    Synonym: ἐφέδρα (ephédra)
  3. complaint in the groin, caused by constant riding

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἵππουρῐς; τῆς ἱππούρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Hippuris

Adjective

ἵππουρῐς • (híppouris) (attested only in feminine singular); third declension

  1. (Epic) having a horse tail plume (of a helmet etc.)

Declension
Third declension of ἵππουρῐς; ἱππούρῐος (Epic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἵππουρῐς
híppouris
Genitive ἱππούρῐος / ἱππούρηος
hippoúrios / hippoúrēos
Dative ἱππούρῐῐ / ἱππούρῑ / ἱππούρηῐ̈ / ἱππούρει
hippoúrii / hippoúrī / hippoúrēï / hippoúrei
Accusative ἵππουρῐν
híppourin
Vocative ἵππουρῐ
híppouri
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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