Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱππηδόν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππηδόν

Etym.: i(/ppos

Sense

  1. like a horse
  2. as on horseback, like a horseman

Examples

  • ὁ δεσπότησ γάρ μου μετέωροσ αἴρεται ἱππηδὸν ἐσ τὸν ἀέρ’ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανθάρου. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue 2:20)
  • οἰκτρὸν γὰρ πόλιν ὧδ’ ὠγυγίαν Αἴδᾳ προϊάψαι, δορὸσ ἄγραν δουλίαν ψαφαρᾷ σποδῷ ὑπ’ ἀνδρὸσ Ἀχαιοῦ θεόθεν περθομέναν ἀτίμωσ, τὰσ δὲ κεχειρωμένασ ἄγεσθαι, ἒ ἔ, νέασ τε καὶ παλαιὰσ ἱππηδὸν πλοκάμων, περιρ‐ ρηγνυμένων φαρέων. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 21)
  • μή τι τλῇσ τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ δίκασ ἀγομέναν ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων, πολυμίτων πέπλων τ’ ἐπιλαβὰσ ἐμῶν. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 51)

Synonyms

  1. like a horse

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

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