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

  • "ἐπὶ δὲ πᾶσιν ἐπόμπευσαν αἱ δυνάμεισ αἱ ἱππικοὶ καὶ πεζικαί, πᾶσαι καθωπλισμέναι θαυμασίωσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:21)
  • ἢ τοὐναντίον τούτου πᾶν εἷσ μέν τισ ὁ βελτίουσ οἱο͂́σ τ’ ὢν ποιεῖν ἢ πάνυ ὀλίγοι, οἱ ἱππικοί, οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ ἐάνπερ συνῶσι καὶ χρῶνται ἵπποισ, διαφθείρουσιν; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 82:1)
  • ἢν δ’ ἐπὶ σοῦ ἀναβῶσιν, ὡσ ἀποτρέψεισ μὲν τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτῶν τῶν πολυτελῶν τε καὶ μανικῶν ἱππωνιῶν, ἐπιμελήσῃ δὲ ὡσ ἂν ταχὺ ἱππικοὶ γίγνοιντο· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 14:1)
  • πότερον οἱ ἱππικοὶ ἢ οἱ ἄφιπποι; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 335:5)
  • οἱ ἱππικοί. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 335:6)

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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