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ἱππάσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππάσιμος ἱππάσιμη ἱππάσιμον

Structure: ἱππασιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(ppa/zomai

Sense

  1. fit for horses, fit for riding, ridden

Examples

  • τούσ τέ οἱ λίθουσ τοὺσ ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ βασιλέοσ κομισθέντασ ἐσ τοῦ Ἡφαίστου τὸ ἱρόν, ἐόντασ μεγάθεϊ περιμήκεασ, οὗτοι ἦσαν οἱ ἑλκύσαντεσ, καὶ τὰσ διώρυχασ τὰσ νῦν ἐούσασ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πάσασ οὗτοι ἀναγκαζόμενοι ὤρυσσον, ἐποίευν τε οὐκ ἑκόντεσ Αἴγυπτον, τὸ πρὶν ἐοῦσαν ἱππασίμην καὶ ἁμαξευομένην πᾶσαν, ἐνδεᾶ τούτων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 108 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. fit 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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