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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

  • πρὸσ ὅντινα δ’ ἂν ἄρχοντα διατεθῶσιν οὕτωσ οἱ ἑπόμενοι, οὗτοι δὴ ἐρρωμένοι γε ἄρχοντεσ γίγνονται, οὐ μὰ Δί’ οὐχ οἳ ἂν αὐτῶν ἄριστα τὸ σῶμα τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἔχωσι καὶ ἀκοντίζωσι καὶ τοξεύωσιν ἄριστα καὶ ἵππον ἄριστον ἔχοντεσ ὡσ ἱππικώτατα ἢ πελταστικώτατα προκινδυνεύωσιν, ἀλλ’ οἳ ἂν δύνωνται ἐμποιῆσαι τοῖσ στρατιώταισ ἀκολουθητέον εἶναι καὶ διὰ πυρὸσ καὶ διὰ παντὸσ κινδύνου. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 8:1)

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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