ἱππολειχήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ λειχήν (leikhḗn, “liverwort”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.po.leː.kʰɛ̌ːn/ → /ip.po.liˈçin/ → /i.po.liˈçin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.po.leː.kʰɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ip.po.liˈkʰe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ip.po.liˈçin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ip.po.liˈçin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.po.liˈçin/

Noun

ἱππολειχήν • (hippoleikhḗn) m (genitive ἱππολειχῆνος); third declension

1. sort of moss used in farriery

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἱππολειχήν; τοῦ ἱππολειχῆνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἱππολειχήν ho hippoleikhḗn	τὼ ἱππολειχῆνε tṑ hippoleikhêne	οἱ ἱππολειχῆνες hoi hippoleikhênes
Genitive	τοῦ ἱππολειχῆνος toû hippoleikhênos	τοῖν ἱππολειχήνοιν toîn hippoleikhḗnoin	τῶν ἱππολειχήνων tôn hippoleikhḗnōn
Dative	τῷ ἱππολειχῆνῐ tôi hippoleikhêni	τοῖν ἱππολειχήνοιν toîn hippoleikhḗnoin	τοῖς ἱππολειχῆσῐ / ἱππολειχῆσῐν toîs hippoleikhêsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἱππολειχῆνᾰ tòn hippoleikhêna	τὼ ἱππολειχῆνε tṑ hippoleikhêne	τοὺς ἱππολειχῆνᾰς toùs hippoleikhênas
Vocative	ἱππολειχήν hippoleikhḗn	ἱππολειχῆνε hippoleikhêne	ἱππολειχῆνες hippoleikhênes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱππολειχήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱππολειχήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette