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ἱππόδαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππόδαμος ἱππόδαμον

Structure: ἱπποδαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dama/w

Sense

  1. tamer of horses

Examples

  • σῆσ τόδε διφρελάτειρα τὸ χάλκεον ἄνθετο Νίκα εἴκηλον μορφᾶσ, Καλλιόπα, ζαθέασ, πρέσβυσ ὅτι σφριγόωντασ ἐν ἱπποδάμῳ πλέον ἀλκᾷ νίκησασ, γεραροὺσ δ’ ὢν νέοσ ἐν σοφίῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3591)

Related

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

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