Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τὸν γὰρ πρὸ τοῦ χρόνον ἡ κρατίστη τῆσ Αἰγύπτου πᾶσα σχεδὸν ἱππάσιμοσ οὖσα καὶ ταῖσ συνωρίσιν εὔβατοσ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ διωρύχων δυσεφοδωτάτη γέγονεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 57 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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