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ἐφίππιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφίππιος ἐφίππιον

Structure: ἐφιππι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/ppos

Sense

  1. for putting on a horse, a saddle-cloth

Examples

  • ὅπωσ δ’ ἂν ἥδιον παραγγέλλοντόσ σου ἀκούωσι, φέρε λαβών, ἔφη, χιτῶνασ μὲν τουτουσὶ τοῖσ τῶν δορυφόρων ἡγεμόσι, κασᾶσ δὲ τούσδε τοὺσ ἐφιππίουσ τοῖσ τῶν ἱππέων ἡγεμόσι δόσ, καὶ τῶν ἁρμάτων τοῖσ ἡγεμόσιν ἄλλουσ τούσδε χιτῶνασ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 7:3)

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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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