hippagogi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοί (hippagōgoí, plural adjective of ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός (hippagōgós, “carrying horses”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hip.paˈɡoː.ɡiː/, [hɪpːäˈɡoːɡiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ip.paˈɡo.d͡ʒi/, [ipːäˈɡɔːd͡ʒi]

Noun

hippagōgī f pl (genitive hippagōgōrum); second declension

1. vessels for transporting horses; cavalry transports
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.28.7:

     quinque et triginta naves, quas hippagogus vocant, ab Elaea profectae cum equitibus Gallis equisque Phanas

Inflection

Second-declension noun, plural only, with Greek-type accusative.

Case	Plural
Nominative	hippagōgī
Genitive	hippagōgōrum
Dative	hippagōgīs
Accusative	hippagōgūs
Ablative	hippagōgīs
Vocative	hippagōgī

Related terms

• hippāginēs
• hippēgus

References

• “hippagogi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press