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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

  • καὶ κατέστησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὸν Κενδεβαῖον στρατηγὸν τῆσ παραλίασ καὶ δυνάμεισ πεζικὰσ καὶ ἱππικὰσ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 15:38)
  • ἔπειθ’ ὅσασ ἄλλασ ἱππικὰσ καὶ πεζικὰσ ἠγωνισάμην μάχασ, ἐπιφανὴσ ἐν ἁπάσαισ ἐγενόμην καὶ τἀριστεῖα ἐξ ἁπασῶν ἔλαβον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 29 7:1)
  • εἰ δὲ ἱππικὰσ δή τινασ γυναῖκασ Ἀτροπάτησ ἔδειξεν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, βαρβάρουσ τινὰσ ἄλλασ γυναῖκασ ἱππεύειν ἠσκημένασ δοκῶ ὅτι ἔδειξεν ἐσ τὸν λεγόμενον δὴ τῶν Ἀμαζόνων κόσμον ἐσταλμένασ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 13 5:5)
  • ὡσ δ’ αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ πρὸσ τὴν στρατείαν ἡτοίμαστο, τοῖσ μὲν ναυάρχοισ παρήγγειλεν ἀθροίζειν τὰσ ναῦσ εἰσ Κύμην καὶ Φώκαιαν, αὐτὸσ δ’ ἐξ ἁπασῶν τῶν σατραπειῶν συναγαγὼν τὰσ πεζὰσ καὶ ἱππικὰσ δυνάμεισ, προῆγεν ἐκ τῶν Σούσων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 2 3:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ Βαβυλῶνι συνηθροικὼσ τὰσ πεζικὰσ καὶ ἱππικὰσ δυνάμεισ εὐθὺσ ἀναλαβὼν προῆγεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ Φοίνικασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 42 1:1)

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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