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

  • Ἤδη δὲ καὶ μηχανοποιῶν αὐτῷ πολλῶν ἔκ τε Κύπρου καὶ Φοινίκησ ἀπάσησ συλλελεγμένων μηχαναὶ πολλαὶ συμπεπηγμέναι ἦσαν, αἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ χώματοσ, αἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἱππαγωγῶν νεῶν, ἃσ ἐκ Σιδῶνοσ ἅμα οἷ ἐκόμισεν, αἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν τριήρων ὅσαι αὐτῶν οὐ ταχυναυτοῦσαι ἦσαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 21 1:1)
  • τριήρων μὲν ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα ἑτοιμασμένων, ὁλκάδων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἱππαγωγῶν, ἔτι δὲ τῶν τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὴν ἄλλην παρασκευὴν κομιζόντων πολύσ τισ ἀριθμὸσ ἦν· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 2 7:1)

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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