hippopotamus

hippŏpŏtămus, i, m., = ἱπποπόταμος,

• a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95; Mel. 1, 9, 3; Amm.22, 15.

hippopotamus, ī, m. (ἱπποπόταμος), das Flußpferd, Nilpferd, Plin. 5, 10. Solin. 24, 10 u. 14. Capit. Gord. 33, 1. Vopisc. Firm. 6, 2. Amm. 22, 15, 21: equi fluviales, quos hippopotamos vocant, Ambr. hexaëm. 5, 1, 4. – Nbf. hippopotamios, iī, m. (ἵππος ποτάμιος), Varro LL. 5, 78. Mela 1, 9, 3 (1. § 52). Plin. 6, 173 D.; 8, 95 M.; 11, 160 D.; 28, 121 D.; 32, 139 D.

hippopotamus [CL < >ἱπποπόταμος] , hippopotamus; b (treated as fish, cf. Isid. Etym. XII 6. 21). ippotami beluae in India esse perhibentur majores elefantorum corporibus quos dicunt in quodam fluvio aque impotabilis demorari Lib. Monstr. II 9; ~us [MS: hipodamus], equus fluvialis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 276; fluviales ypotami Gir. TH I 36; in eisdem Brisonis [i. e. Nili] fluvii partibus nascuntur bestie celeres adinstar equorum; pedes leonum habent, colla equina, longitudinem pedum tricenorum ‥ et †hippophagi appellantur Gerv. Tilb. III 74 p. 984; in Egipto ‥ maxime habundant ‥ ypotami, id est fluviales equi, et potissime circa fluenta Nili Bart. Angl. XV 53.  b de ypotamo pisce: ‥ dorsum, juba, hinnitus aeque assimilantur equo Hwætberht Aen. 53; hippotamus in Nilo nascitur, equino et dorso et juba et hinnitu, rostro resupino, ungulis bifidis, aprinis dentibus Neckam NR II 30.

hippŏpŏtămus, ī, m. (ἱπποπόταμος), hippopotame : Plin. 5, 10 ; Amm. 22, 15 || -tămĭos, ĭī, m. , Varro L. 5, 78 ; Mela 1, 52.

hippopotamus , i. m.
水馬。河馬。

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hippŏpŏtămus, i, m.: ippopotamo.

hippopotamus Hippopotamuses

• in Nile: Paus. 4.34.3
• their teeth: Paus. 5.12.2, Paus. 8.46.4