Ἵππαρχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /híp.par.kʰos/ → /ˈip.par.xos/ → /ˈi.par.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /híp.par.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ip.par.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.par.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.par.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.par.xos/

Proper noun

Ῐ̔́ππᾰρχος • (Hípparkhos) m (genitive Ῐ̔ππᾰ́ρχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hipparchus
2. in particular, the Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Nicaea

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῐ̔́ππᾰρχος; τοῦ Ῐ̔ππᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῐ̔́ππᾰρχος ho Hípparkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ῐ̔ππᾰ́ρχου toû Hippárkhou
Dative	τῷ Ῐ̔ππᾰ́ρχῳ tôi Hippárkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῐ̔́ππᾰρχον tòn Hípparkhon
Vocative	Ῐ̔́ππᾰρχε Hípparkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Arabic: أَبَرْخُش (ʔabarḵuš)
  • → Classical Persian: ابرخس (Ibarxus), اپرخس (Iparxus)
• Greek: Ίππαρχος (Ípparchos)
• Latin: Hipparchus
• Turkish: İparhos

References

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