hippocampus

See also: Hippocampus

English
Hippocampus animation (anatomy)

Etymology

From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) and κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”).

Noun

hippocampus (plural hippocampi)

  1. A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin; a hippocamp.
  2. (anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion. So named because of its resemblance to the seahorse.

Abbreviations
  • (neuroanatomy): HIPP

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) and κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hip.poˈkam.pus/, [hɪp.pɔˈkam.pʊs]

Noun

hippocampus m (genitive hippocampī); second declension

  1. a seahorse

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hippocampus hippocampī
Genitive hippocampī hippocampōrum
Dative hippocampō hippocampīs
Accusative hippocampum hippocampōs
Ablative hippocampō hippocampīs
Vocative hippocampe hippocampī

References
  • hippocampus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hippocampus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • hippocampus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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