Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱππήλατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππήλατος ἱππήλατον

Structure: ἱππηλατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. fit for horsemanship or driving

Examples

  • ἅπασα μὲν οὖν ὁδοῖσ κατατέτμηται ἱππηλάτοισ καὶ ἁρματηλάτοισ, δυσὶ δὲ πλατυτάταισ ἐπὶ πλέον ἢ πλέθρον ἀναπεπταμέναισ, αἳ δὴ δίχα καὶ πρὸσ ὀρθὰσ τέμνουσιν ἀλλήλασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 16:2)

Related

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

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