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  • 1 hippopotamus

    hippŏpŏtămus, i, m., = hippopotamos, a river - horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95; Mel. 1, 9, 3; Amm. 22, 15.

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  • 2 Hippopotamus

    NLD [geslacht]

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  • 3 Hippopotamus amphibius

    ENG hippopotamus
    NLD nijlpaard
    GER Flußpferd, Nilpferd
    FRA hippopotame amphibie

    Animal Names Latin to English > Hippopotamus amphibius

  • 4 behemoth

    behemoth (Hebrew), great/monsterous beast; (hippopotamus?); (Job 40:10)

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  • 5 behmoth

    behemoth (Hebrew), great/monsterous beast; (hippopotamus?); (Job 40:10)

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  • 6 equus

    ĕquus, i ( gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. hippos (ikkos); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. akros, ôkus; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen. (cf.:

    caballus, canterius, mannus),

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.:

    equus = equa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often [p. 654] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456;

    2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici,

    post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8;

    also: equis, viris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4;

    and in the order, viris equisque,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33.—
    2.
    Transf., of race-horses:

    ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis,

    i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    In plur. (like hippoi in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—
    2.
    The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—
    3.
    In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—
    D.
    Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389;

    Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis,

    a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—
    B.
    Equus ligneus, like the Homeric halos hippos, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—
    C.
    The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.—
    * 2.
    Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—
    D.
    A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse;

    afterwards called aries,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—
    E.
    The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—
    F.
    Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.

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  • 7 praeterquam

    praeter-quam (separate, praeter enim quam, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 45; Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 38 infra), adv., beyond, besides, except, save (class.):

    neque, praeterquam quas ipse amor molestias Habet, addas,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 32:

    verbum si mihi unum, praeterquam quod to rogo, faxis, cave,

    id. And. 4, 4, 14:

    virgo quae praeter sapiet quam placet parentibus,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 38:

    nullum praemium postulo, praeterquam hujus diei memoriam sempiternam,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

    interrogari, num quo crimine esset accusatus, praeterquam veneni ejus,

    id. Clu. 38, 105:

    a quā (moneta), praeterquam de sue plenā, quid umquam moniti sumus?

    id. Div. 2, 32, 69:

    si nullam praeterquam vitae nostrae jacturam fieri viderem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    sine ullis doloribus, praeterquam quos ex curatione capiebat,

    Nep. Att. 21, 3:

    nec quod nos ex conubio vestro petamus, quicquam est, praeterquam ut, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 4, 12:

    multitudo coalescere nullā re praeterquam legibus poterat,

    id. 1, 8, 1; 4, 17, 6; 4, 48, 3;

    26, 42, 8: telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti praeterquam ad extremum,

    id. 21, 8, 10:

    cuncta potest... vetustas, Praeterquam curas attenuare meas,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 17.—With etiam, quoque, tum vero, besides, = not only... but also:

    malum, praeterquam atrox, etiam novum,

    Liv. 22, 53, 6; 30, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 6, 24, 7:

    Syracusarum oppugnatio ad finem venit, praeterquam vi ac virtute ducis, intestinā etiam proditione adjuta,

    id. 25, 23:

    lusit... praeterquam Decembri mense, aliis quoque festis ac profestis diebus,

    Suet. Aug. 71:

    declamaverat Antonius praeterquam semper alias, tum vero nimium quantum delectabiliter,

    Gell. 15, 1, 1: praeterquam si, except when, unless:

    hippopotamus tergoris impenetrabilis, praeterquam si umore madeat,

    Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95: praeterquam quod, except that:

    omnes mihi labores fuere leves, praeterquam tui carendum quod erat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 20:

    praeterquam quod sine te, ceterum satis commode, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1:

    praeterquam quod ita Quintio placeret,

    Liv. 35, 25:

    amissio nullius animae, praeterquam navis,

    but... only, Vulg. Act. 27, 22.—With praeterea:

    praeter enim quam quod comitia illa essent armis gesta servilibus, praeterea, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 45.—
    II.
    For praeterquam quod, except that, Plin. 20, 10, 42, § 108.

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  • 8 Choeropsis liberiensis

    ENG pygmy hippopotamus
    NLD dwergnijlpaard
    GER Zwergflußpferd
    FRA hippopotame nain

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  • Hippopotamus — Hip po*pot a*mus, n.; pl. E. {Hippopotamuses}, L. {Hippopotami}. [L., from Gr.?; i ppos horse + ? river. Cf. {Equine}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal ({Hippopotamus amphibius}), common in the rivers of tropical Africa. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hippopotamus — 1560s, from L.L. hippopotamus, from Gk. hippopotamus riverhorse (earlier ho hippos ho potamios the horse of the river ), from hippos horse (see EQUINE (Cf. equine)) + potamos river, rushing water (see PETITION (Cf. petition)). Replaced M.E …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hippopotamus — bezeichnet: ein Säugetier, siehe Flusspferd eine Eröffnung im Schachspiel, siehe Hippopotamus Eröffnung Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • hippopotamus — [hip΄ə pät′ə məs] n. pl. hippopotamuses, hippopotami [hip΄ə pät′əmī΄] hippopotamus [L < Gr hippopotamos, lit., river horse < hippos (see HIPPO ) + potamos, river, orig., that which goes down < IE base * pet , to fall, fly > FEATHER,… …   English World dictionary

  • Hippopotămus — Hippopotămus, so v.w. Flußpferd …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Hippopotămus — Hippopotămus, Flußpferd; Hippopotamidae, Familie der Huftiere (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hippopotamus — Hippopotămus, s. Nilpferd …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hippopotamus — Hippopotamus, grch., d. Flußpferd …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • hippopotamus — ► NOUN (pl. hippopotamuses or hippopotami) ▪ a large African mammal with a thick skin and massive jaws, living partly on land and partly in water. ORIGIN Greek hippopotamos, from hippos ho potamios, river horse …   English terms dictionary

  • Hippopotamus — Hippo redirects here. For other uses, see Hippo (disambiguation). This page is about the species Hippopotamus amphibius. For the genus Hippopotamus, see Hippopotamus (genus). Hippopotamus …   Wikipedia

  • hippopotamus — hippopotamic /hip euh peuh tam ik/, hippopotamian /hip euh peuh tay mee euhn/, adj. /hip euh pot euh meuhs/, n., pl. hippopotamuses, hippopotami / muy /. a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs …   Universalium

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