ἱππότης

See also: ιππότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱππότᾰ (hippóta) — Epic

Etymology

From ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hip.pó.tɛːs/ → /ipˈpo.tis/ → /iˈpo.tis/

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

Noun

ῐ̔ππότης • (hippótēs) m (genitive ῐ̔ππότου); first declension

1. a horse-rider, horseman, knight
2. (as an epithet of Nestor and other heroes in Homer)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.253:

     τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ·

     tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita Gerḗnios hippóta Néstōr;

     Then the Gerenian horseman Nestor answered him:

Declension

First declension of ὁ ῐ̔ππότης; τοῦ ῐ̔ππότου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔ππότης ho hippótēs	τὼ ῐ̔ππότᾱ tṑ hippótā	οἱ ῐ̔ππόται hoi hippótai
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔ππότου toû hippótou	τοῖν ῐ̔ππόταιν toîn hippótain	τῶν ῐ̔πποτῶν tôn hippotôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔ππότῃ tôi hippótēi	τοῖν ῐ̔ππόταιν toîn hippótain	τοῖς ῐ̔ππόταις toîs hippótais
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔ππότην tòn hippótēn	τὼ ῐ̔ππότᾱ tṑ hippótā	τοὺς ῐ̔ππότᾱς toùs hippótās
Vocative	ῐ̔ππότᾰ hippóta	ῐ̔ππότᾱ hippótā	ῐ̔ππόται hippótai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (horseman): ἱππεύς (hippeús)

References

• “ἱππότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱππότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cavalier idem, page 119.
  • equestrian idem, page 280.
  • horseman idem, page 407.
  • knight idem, page 470.
  • mounted idem, page 543.
  • rider idem, page 713.
  • riding idem, page 714.