hippopotamos

"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.