Ἱππόλοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ λόχος (lókhos, “ambush”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.pó.lo.kʰos/ → /ipˈpo.lo.xos/ → /iˈpo.lo.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hip.pó.lo.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ipˈpo.lo.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.lo.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.lo.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.lo.xos/

Proper noun

Ἱππόλοχος • (Hippólokhos) m (genitive Ἱππολόχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hippolochus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἱππόλοχος; τοῦ Ἱππολόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱππόλοχος ho Hippólokhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱππολόχου toû Hippolókhou
Dative	τῷ Ἱππολόχῳ tôi Hippolókhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἱππόλοχον tòn Hippólokhon
Vocative	Ἱππόλοχε Hippólokhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Ἱππόλοχος; Ἱππολόχου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἱππόλοχος Hippólokhos
Genitive	Ἱππολόχου / Ἱππολοχοῖο / Ἱππολόχοιο / Ἱππολοχόο / Ἱππολόχοο Hippolókhou / Hippolokhoîo / Hippolókhoio / Hippolokhóo / Hippolókhoo
Dative	Ἱππολόχῳ Hippolókhōi
Accusative	Ἱππόλοχον Hippólokhon
Vocative	Ἱππόλοχε Hippólokhe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Latin: Hippolochus
  • → English: Hippolochus

Further reading

• “Ἱππόλοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἱππόλοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette