Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱππαγωγός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππαγωγός ἱππαγωγόν

Structure: ἱππαγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. carrying horses, cavalry transports

Examples

  • ναῦν ἱππαγωγὸν κλημάτων τε ξηρῶν καὶ ἄλλησ ὕλησ εὐφλέκτου ἐμπλήσαντεσ δύο ἱστοὺσ ἐπὶ τῇ πρώρᾳ καταπηγνύουσι καὶ ἐν κύκλῳ περιφράσσουσιν ἐσ ὅσον μακρότατον ὡσ φορυτόν τε ταύτῃ καὶ δᾷδασ ὅσασ πλείστασ δέξασθαι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 19 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. carrying 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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