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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓νιππος ά̓νιππον
Genitive ἀνίππου ἀνίππου
Dative ἀνίππῳ ἀνίππῳ
Accusative ά̓νιππον ά̓νιππον
Vocative ά̓νιππε ά̓νιππον
DualN/A/V ἀνίππω ἀνίππω
G/D ἀνίπποιν ἀνίπποιν
PluralNominative ά̓νιπποι ά̓νιππα
Genitive ἀνίππων ἀνίππων
Dative ἀνίπποις ἀνίπποις
Accusative ἀνίππους ά̓νιππα
Vocative ά̓νιπποι ά̓νιππα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓νιππος ἀνίππου ἀνιππότερος ἀνιπποτέρου ἀνιππότατος ἀνιπποτάτου
Adverb ἀνίππως ἀνιππότερον ἀνιππότατα

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

  • καὶ τὰ πολλὰ οὗτοι κατώρθουν ἐν τοῖσ ἀγῶσι πρῶτοί τε ἄρχοντεσ μάχησ καὶ τελευταῖοι τῶν ἄλλων ἀφιστάμενοι, ἱππεῖσ μὲν ἔνθα ἐπιτήδειον εἰή πεδίον ἐνιππομαχῆσαι, πεζοὶ δὲ ὅπου τραχὺσ εἰή καὶ ἄνιπποσ τόποσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 13 4:2)
  • ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτου τοῦ χρόνου Αἴγυπτοσ ἐοῦσα πεδιὰσ πᾶσα ἄνιπποσ καὶ ἀναμάξευτοσ γέγονε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 108 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. unsuited for horses

Related

Similar forms

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

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