hippopotamos | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

The hippopotamus; a large, semi-aquatic African mammal, literally “river horse.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"hippopotamos"

Lexical form: ἱπποπόταμος

Root: ['ἵππος', 'ποταμός']

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine

Declension: second

Notes: ἱπποπόταμος is a compound noun meaning 'river horse' (hippopotamus). Regularly inflected according to the second declension. The word is masc., despite ποταμός (river) also being masc.; ἵππος (horse) can be masc. or fem. The plural is ἱπποπόταμοι. Other cases are inflected regularly: e.g., genitive singular ἱπποποτάμου.

Related Forms of ἱπποπόταμος

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Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Hippopotamos nominative, singular, masculine

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