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

  • νόσοσ μ’ ἐπέτριψεν ἱππικὴ δεινὴ φαγεῖν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 7:17)
  • ἐγὼ γὰρ ὅτε μὲν ἱππικῇ τὸν νοῦν μόνῃ προσεῖχον, οὐδ’ ἂν τρί’ εἰπεῖν ῥήμαθ’ οἱο͂́σ τ’ ἦν πρὶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme2)
  • ὡσ δὲ πάντα ἐξήρτυτο αὐτῷ ἐσ ἀναγωγήν, Κράτερον μὲν τὰ ἐπὶ θάτερα τοῦ Ὑδάσπεω ἐπιέναι σὺν στρατιῇ ἐκέλευσε πεζικῇ τε καὶ ἱππικῇ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 19 2:1)
  • κατὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν καιρὸν ἡ παρὰ βασιλέωσ δύναμισ ἧκεν ἱππική τε καὶ πεζικὴ καὶ Σύλλασ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ ἡγεμὼν ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν σωματοφυλάκων. (Flavius Josephus, 469:1)
  • καὶ τὴν νίκην ὑπερηγάπησεν ἐκείνην, ὅτι συστησάμενοσ ἱππικὸν αὐτὸσ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ τούτῳ μόνῳ τοὺσ μέγιστον ἐφ’ ἱππικῇ φρονοῦντασ ἐκράτησεν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 16 5:2)

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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