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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

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 ἐδόκουν τῷ Ἀγησιλάῳ πάνυ ἤδη θαρρεῖν, ἡμέρᾳ πέμπτῃ ἢ ἕκτῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ ἀφ’ ἧσ εἰσέβαλε, θυσάμενοσ πρῲ διεπορεύθη πρὸ δείλησ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν στάδια ἐπὶ τὴν λίμνην περὶ ἣν τὰ βοσκήματα τῶν Ἀκαρνάνων σχεδὸν πάντα ἦν, καὶ ἔλαβε παμπλήθη καὶ βουκόλια καὶ ἱπποφόρβια καὶ ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ βοσκήματα καὶ ἀνδράποδα πολλά. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 6 7:1)
  • ἱπποφόρβια δ’ ἐστὶν ἐσπουδασμένα διαφερόντωσ τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν, ὥστε καὶ ἀριθμὸν ἐξετάζεσθαι πώλων κατ’ ἔτοσ εἰσ μυριάδασ δέκα. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 38:7)
  • τά τε γὰρ ἱπποφόρβια πάντα τὰ βασιλικὰ Μήδοισ ἐγκεχείρισται, σίτου τε καὶ θρεμμάτων πλῆθοσ ἀναρίθμητον παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐστι. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 44 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. a lot of horses out at grass

  2. a stable

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

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