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ἱππασία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππασία

Structure: ἱππασι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: i(ppa/zomai

Sense

  1. riding, horse-exercise
  2. chariot-driving

Declension

First declension

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

  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ ἀναβὰσ ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον ἱππασάμην ἱππασίαν ὡσ ἂν ἐγὼ δύνωμαι ὁμοιοτάτην ταῖσ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἀναγκαίαισ ἱππασίαισ, οὔτε πλαγίου οὔτε κατάντουσ οὔτε τάφρου οὔτε ὀχετοῦ ἀπεχόμενοσ, ὡσ μέντοι δυνατὸν ταῦτα ποιοῦντα ἐπιμέλομαι μὴ ἀποχωλεῦσαι τὸν ἵππον. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 11 18:1)
  • τοῦτο δὲ ποιῶν ἅμα γοργοτέραν τε καὶ ἰσχυροτέραν ἕξει τὴν ὑπόβασίν τε καὶ ἱππασίαν καὶ ἅπαντα βελτίων ἔσται ἑαυτοῦ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 17:2)
  • τούσ γε μὴν ἑτερογνάθουσ μηνύει μὲν καὶ ἡ πέδη καλουμένη ἱππασία, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ μεταβάλλεσθαι τὴν ἱππασίαν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 6:1)
  • ἱππασίαν δ’ ἐπαινοῦμεν τὴν πέδην καλουμένην· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 16:1)
  • καὶ τὸ μεταβάλλεσθαι δὲ τὴν ἱππασίαν ἀγαθόν, ἵνα ἀμφότεραι αἱ γνάθοι καθ’ ἑκάτερον τῆσ ἱππασίασ ἰσάζωνται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. riding

  2. chariot-driving

Related

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

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