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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φιππος ἄφίππη ά̓φιππον
Genitive ἀφίππου ἄφίππης ἀφίππου
Dative ἀφίππῳ ἄφίππῃ ἀφίππῳ
Accusative ά̓φιππον ἄφίππην ά̓φιππον
Vocative ά̓φιππε ἄφίππη ά̓φιππον
DualN/A/V ἀφίππω ἄφίππᾱ ἀφίππω
G/D ἀφίπποιν ἄφίππαιν ἀφίπποιν
PluralNominative ά̓φιπποι ά̓́φιππαι ά̓φιππα
Genitive ἀφίππων ἄφιππῶν ἀφίππων
Dative ἀφίπποις ἄφίππαις ἀφίπποις
Accusative ἀφίππους ἄφίππᾱς ά̓φιππα
Vocative ά̓φιπποι ά̓́φιππαι ά̓φιππα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φιππος ἀφίππου ἀφιππότερος ἀφιπποτέρου ἀφιππότατος ἀφιπποτάτου
Adverb ἀφίππως ἀφιππότερον ἀφιππότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἄντικρυσ χαλεπὸν ἦν ἀποτρέπειν Μακεδόνασ χρημάτων ἐν ἐφικτῷ παρόντων, ἐκέλευσε θεραπεύσαντασ αὑτοὺσ καὶ τοῖσ ἵπποισ χιλὸν ἐμβαλόντασ οὕτω βαδίζειν ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ πέμπει κρύφα πρὸσ τὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀποσκευῆσ τῶν πολεμίων Μένανδρον, ὡσ κηδόμενοσ αὐτοῦ φίλου γεγονότοσ καὶ συνήθουσ, φυλάξασθαι παραινῶν καὶ ἀναχωρῆσαι τὴν ταχίστην ἐκ τῶν ἐπιδρόμων καὶ ταπεινῶν πρὸσ τὴν ἐγγὺσ ὑπώρειαν ἄφιππον οὖσαν καὶ κυκλώσεισ οὐκ ἔχουσαν. (Plutarch, chapter 9 4:1)
  • ἕτερον γὰρ οὐ πόρρω ποταμὸν εἶναι πότιμον, εἶτα τὴν λοιπὴν ἄφιππον καὶ τραχεῖαν, ὥστε παντάπασιν ἀποστρέψασθαι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 47 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. unsuited for cavalry

Related

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

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