Ἱππόλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ λῠτός (lutós, “releaser, unleasher”). The latter element, found in names, derives from the verb λύω (lúō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.pó.ly.tos/ → /ipˈpo.ly.tos/ → /iˈpo.li.tos/

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

Proper noun

Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος • (Hippólutos) m (genitive Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του); second declension

1. a male given name
2. Any of various figures from Greek myth and legend, especially the son of Theseus.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος; τοῦ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος ho Hippólutos
Genitive	τοῦ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του toû Hippolútou
Dative	τῷ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́τῳ tôi Hippolútōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῐ̔ππόλῠτον tòn Hippóluton
Vocative	Ῐ̔ππόλῠτε Hippólute
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ῐ̔ππολῠ́τη (Hippolútē)

Descendants

• Greek: Ιππόλυτος (Ippólytos)
• Latin: Hippolytus
• → Russian: Ипполит (Ippolit)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013