hippagogi
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοί (hippagōgoí, plural adjective of ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός (hippagōgós, “carrying horses”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hip.paˈɡoː.ɡiː/, [hɪpːäˈɡoːɡiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ip.paˈɡo.d͡ʒi/, [ipːäˈɡɔːd͡ʒi]
Noun[edit]
hippagōgī f pl (genitive hippagōgōrum); second declension
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “hippagogi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press