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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

  • ἠε͂ν Ἄργοσ ὅθ’ ἵππιον λιποῦσα φεῦγε χρυσέα βοῦσ, εῦρυσθενέοσ φραδαῖσι φερτάτου Διόσ, Ἰνάχου ῥοδοδάκτυλοσ κόρα· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 19 1:4)
  • ὅταν δ’ ἐσ Ἑλλάδ’ ἵππιόν τ’ Ἄργοσ μόλῃσ, πρὸσ δεξιᾶσ σε τῆσδ’ ἐπισκήπτω τάδε· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 2:8)
  • νὴ τὸν Ποσειδῶ τουτονὶ τὸν ἵππιον. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 3:24)
  • μὴ ’μοί γε τοῦτον μηδαμῶσ τὸν ἵππιον· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 3:25)
  • μόλοιτέ ποθ’ ἵππιον οἶμον δι’ αἰθέροσ ἱέμενοι παῖδεσ Τυνδαρίδαι, λαμπρῶν ἄστρων ὑπ’ ἀέλλαισιν· (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 21)

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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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