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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

  • 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

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

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