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ἄνιππος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνιππος

Structure: ἀνιππ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without horse, not serving on horseback, without a horse to ride on
  2. unsuited for horses

Examples

  • πλὴν τότε γε διαλέξασ ἐκ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων τοὺσ Ἴβηρασ, τούτουσ μὲν ἀπέλυσε χωρὶσ λύτρων πάντασ εἰσ τὰσ ἑαυτῶν πατρίδασ, τῶν δ’ ἵππων τριακοσίουσ κελεύσασ ἐκλέξαι τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ἀνδοβάλην τοὺσ λοιποὺσ διέδωκε τοῖσ ἀνίπποισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 40 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. unsuited for horses

Related

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

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