Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφιππος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφιππος ἄφιππη ἄφιππον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + φιππ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unsuited for cavalry
  2. unused to riding

Examples

  • τάσ τε γὰρ προθυμίασ εἰσ τοὺσ ὁμολογουμένουσ ἐχθροὺσ ἐκδαπανήσαντεσ οἱ Ιοὐδαῖοι καὶ τῷ νικᾶν ἐπ’ ἀδείασ χρώμενοι ταχὺ τῶν ἐπιχειρησάντων ἡττῶντο καὶ πολλὰσ ἐλάμβανον πληγὰσ ἐν χωρίοισ ἀφίπποισ καὶ πετρώδεσιν, ὧν πλείω τὴν ἐμπειρίαν εἶχον οἱ τὴν ἐπίθεσιν ποιησάμενοι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 145:2)

Synonyms

  1. unsuited for cavalry

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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