LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

hippodromos

hippodromos m (genitive hippodromī)
Classical[hɪpˈpɔ.drɔ.mɔs]Ecclesiastical[ipˈpɔː.dro.mos]

Meaning

  1. masculinea hippodrome

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehippodromoshippodromī
hippodromoe
genitivehippodromīhippodromōrum
dativehippodromōhippodromīs
accusativehippodromon
hippodromum		hippodromōs
ablativehippodromōhippodromīs
vocativehippodromehippodromī
hippodromoe

hippodrŏmos, i, m., = ἱππόδρομος,
I. a race-course for horses, hippodrome, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 27; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 19; Mart. 12, 50, 5; Sid. Ap. 2, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*HéHḱus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*íkkʷos
  4. Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος(hĭ́ppos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*drem-
  6. Ancient Greek -ος(-os)
  7. Ancient Greek δρόμος(drómos)
  8. Latinhippodromos

Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromos Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”).

Descendants
  • Englishhippodrome
  • Frenchhippodrome
  • Italianippodromo
  • Russianипподро́м

In English words that came into English from hippodromos

  • hippodromehippodromos

Quick answers

What does hippodromos mean in Latin?
hippodromos, a noun, means “a hippodrome”.
What is the genitive of hippodromos?
The genitive singular is hippodromī. hippodromos is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce hippodromos?
In classical Latin, [hɪpˈpɔ.drɔ.mɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ipˈpɔː.dro.mos].
Where does hippodromos come from?
Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos → Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos → Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) → Proto-Indo-European *drem- → Ancient Greek -ος (-os) → Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) → Latin hippodromos.