hippocampus
See also: Hippocampus
English
Etymology
From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”)). The anatomy sense is so named from its resemblance to the seahorse.
Noun
hippocampus (plural hippocampi or hippocampuses)
- (mythology) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.
- Synonym: hippocamp
- (neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 63:
- The hippocampus is central to the laying down of memories.
Synonyms
- (neuroanatomy): HIPP
Holonyms
- (neuroanatomy): limbic system
Derived terms
Translations
mythological creature
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brain region
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hip.poˈkam.pus/, [hɪpːɔˈkämpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ip.poˈkam.pus/, [ipːoˈkämpus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
- → Catalan: hipocamp
- → English: hippocampus
- → French: hippocampe
- → German: Hippokamp
- → Italian: ippocampo
- → Portuguese: hipocampo
- → Romanian: hipocamp
- → Spanish: hipocampo
References
- “hippocampus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hippocampus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hippocampus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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