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ἵππιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἵππιος ἵππιᾱ ἵππιον

Structure: ἱππι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/ppos

Sense

  1. of a horse or horses, creator of the horse

Examples

  • φόβοσ δ’ ἀρῄων ὅπλων δονεῖ, διὰ δέ τοι γενύων ἱππίων κινύρονται φόνον χαλινοί. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 16)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀνὰ μὲν βρομίαν φόρμιγγ’, ἀνὰ δ’ αὐλὸν ἐπ’ αὐτὰν ὄρσομεν ἱππίων ἄθλων κορυφάν, ἅτε Φοίβῳ θῆκεν Ἄδραστοσ ἐπ’ Ἀσωποῦ ῥεέθροισ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 3:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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