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ἱπποφόρβιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱπποφόρβιον ἱπποφόρβιου

Structure: ἱπποφορβι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: from i(ppoforbo/s

Sense

  1. a lot of horses out at grass, a troop of horses
  2. a stable

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἱπποφόρβιον ἱπποφορβίω ἱπποφόρβια
Genitive ἱπποφορβίου ἱπποφορβίοιν ἱπποφορβίων
Dative ἱπποφορβίῳ ἱπποφορβίοιν ἱπποφορβίοις
Accusative ἱπποφόρβιον ἱπποφορβίω ἱπποφόρβια
Vocative ἱπποφόρβιον ἱπποφορβίω ἱπποφόρβια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ Εὐμένησ τοῖσ βασιλικοῖσ ἱπποφορβίοισ περὶ τὴν Ἴδην νεμομένοισ ἐπιτυχὼν καί λαβὼν ἵππουσ ὅσων ἔχρῃζε τοῖσ ἐπιμεληταῖσ τὴν γραφὴν ἔπεμψε, λέγεται γελάσαι τὸν Ἀντίπατρον καί εἰπεῖν ὅτι θαυμάζει τὸν Εὐμενῆ τῆσ προνοίασ, ἐλπίζοντα λόγον αὐτοῖσ ἀποδώσειν τῶν βασιλικῶν ἢ λήψεσθαι παρ’ αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, chapter 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a lot of horses out at grass

  2. a stable

Similar forms

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

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