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Latest revision as of 14:47, 9 January 2013
Ippos grece equus.
Translation:
Ippos is Greek for Latin equus {"horse"}.
Commentary:
Greek ἵππος /híppos/ means "horse".
This entry is an example of what the Greek grammarians called psilosis, i.e. ψίλωσις /psílōsis/, literally "stripping bare". It refers to the loss of pronouncing /h/, a sound change which became widespread as early as at the beginning of the Koine period of Greek, i.e. ca. 300 BC. Therefore Simon's spelling ippos only reflects a long established phonetic reality.
Double consonants like /pp/ were reduced to a single consonant at about the same time as psilosis occurred.
Simon's pronunciation would have been /ípos/.
See also: Ypos
