"hippopotamus" meaning in Latin

See hippopotamus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hip.poˈpo.ta.mus/ [Classical-Latin], [hɪpːɔˈpɔt̪ämʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ip.poˈpo.ta.mus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ipːoˈpɔːt̪ämus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἱπποπόταμος}} Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos) Head templates: {{la-noun|hippopotamus<2>}} hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|hippopotamus<2>}} Forms: hippopotamī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], hippopotamus [nominative, singular], hippopotamī [nominative, plural], hippopotamī [genitive, singular], hippopotamōrum [genitive, plural], hippopotamō [dative, singular], hippopotamīs [dative, plural], hippopotamum [accusative, singular], hippopotamōs [accusative, plural], hippopotamō [ablative, singular], hippopotamīs [ablative, plural], hippopotame [singular, vocative], hippopotamī [plural, vocative]
  1. a hippopotamus Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (lifeform): Even-toed ungulates

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "hipopótamu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: hipopótamu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: hipopótamu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "hipopòtam"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: hipopòtam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: hipopòtam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hippopotamus"
          },
          "expansion": "English: hippopotamus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: hippopotamus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "hippopotame"
          },
          "expansion": "French: hippopotame",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: hippopotame"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ippopotamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ippopotamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ippopotamo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "hipopótamu"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: hipopótamu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: hipopótamu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ipopotam"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ipopotam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ipopotam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "hipopótamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: hipopótamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: hipopótamo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "hipopotam"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: hipopotam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: hipopotam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "hipopótamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: hipopótamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: hipopótamo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἱπποπόταμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hippopotamus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hippopotamus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Even-toed ungulates",
          "orig": "la:Even-toed ungulates",
          "parents": [
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hippopotamus"
      ],
      "id": "en-hippopotamus-la-noun-vPusSSeB",
      "links": [
        [
          "hippopotamus",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hip.poˈpo.ta.mus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hɪpːɔˈpɔt̪ämʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ip.poˈpo.ta.mus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ipːoˈpɔːt̪ämus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hippopotamus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "hipopótamu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: hipopótamu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: hipopótamu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "hipopòtam"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: hipopòtam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: hipopòtam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hippopotamus"
          },
          "expansion": "English: hippopotamus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: hippopotamus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "hippopotame"
          },
          "expansion": "French: hippopotame",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: hippopotame"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ippopotamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ippopotamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ippopotamo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "hipopótamu"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: hipopótamu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: hipopótamu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ipopotam"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ipopotam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ipopotam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "hipopótamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: hipopótamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: hipopótamo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "hipopotam"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: hipopotam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: hipopotam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "hipopótamo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: hipopótamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: hipopótamo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἱπποπόταμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hippopotamī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hippopotamus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hippopotamus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "la:Even-toed ungulates"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hippopotamus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hippopotamus",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hip.poˈpo.ta.mus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hɪpːɔˈpɔt̪ämʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ip.poˈpo.ta.mus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ipːoˈpɔːt̪ämus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hippopotamus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hippopotamus meaning in Latin (4.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.