Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱππικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππικός ἱππική ἱππικόν

Structure: ἱππικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/ppos

Sense

  1. of a horse or horses
  2. of horsemen or chariots
  3. skilled in riding, equestrian
  4. the horse, cavalry
  5. a course of four stadia
  6. like a horseman, with best horsemanship

Examples

  • λύεθ’ ἱππικὰ φάτνησ, ὀπαδοί, κἀκκομίζεθ’ ἁρ́ματα, ὡσ ἂν πόνου γ’ ἕκατι μὴ λάθῃ με γῆσ τῆσδ’ ἐκκομισθεῖσ’ ἄλοχοσ, ἧσ ἐφίεμαι. (Euripides, Helen, episode13)
  • ὁμοῦ δὲ πάντεσ ἀναμεμιγμένοι φείδοντο κέντρων οὐδέν, ὡσ ὑπερβάλοι χνόασ τισ αὐτῶν καὶ φρυάγμαθ’ ἱππικά. (Sophocles, episode 6:21)
  • ἔσθ’ ὅστισ ἵππουσ μὲν οὐ νομίζει, ἱππικὰ δὲ πράγματα; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 112:3)
  • ἆρα τὰ ἱππικά; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 131:9)
  • τί οὖν εἰ τὰ ἱππικὰ ἐτύγχανεσ ἐπιθυμῶν σοφὸσ γενέσθαι; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 31:7)

Synonyms

  1. of a horse or horses

  2. of horsemen or chariots

  3. skilled in riding

  4. the horse

Related

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

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