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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌhɪpəˈkæm.pəs/, /ˌhɪpoʊˈkæm.pəs/
• 韻: -æmpəs

名詞

hippocampus (plural hippocampi or hippocampuses)

1. (mythology) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.

   Synonyms: hippocamp, sea horse

2. (neuroanatomy, 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.

   Synonym: HIPP

   Holonyms: limbic system < brain < central nervous system, CNS

   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 63:

     The hippocampus is central to the laying down of memories.

派生語

Further reading

• hippocampus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hippocampus (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

語源

From Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”)).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [hɪp.pɔˈkam.pʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ip.poˈkam.pus]

名詞

hippocampus m (genitive hippocampī); second declension

1. a seahorse

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

派生した語

• → Catalan: hipocamp
• → English: hippocampus
• → French: hippocampe
• → German: Hippokamp
• → Italian: ippocampo
• → Portuguese: hipocampo
• → Romanian: hipocamp
• → Spanish: hipocampo

参照

• “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