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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

  • περὶ δὲ τοῦ καλοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου Σάτυροσ ἱστορῶν λέγεται, φησίν, ὅτι ἐν Ιὠνίᾳ μὲν ὢν Ιὤνων ἐφαίνετο τρυφερώτεροσ, ἐν Θήβαισ δὲ σωμασκῶν καὶ γυμναζόμενοσ τῶν Θηβαίων αὐτῶν μᾶλλον Βοιώτιοσ, ἐν Θετταλίᾳ δὲ ἱπποτροφῶν καὶ ἡνιοχῶν τῶν Ἀλευαδῶν ἱππικώτεροσ, ἐν Σπάρτῃ δὲ καρτερίαν καὶ ἀφέλειαν ἐπιτηδεύων ἐνίκα τοὺσ Λάκωνασ, ὑπερῆρεν δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἀκρατοποσίαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 471)

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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