Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱπποφορβός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱπποφορβός ἱπποφορβόν

Structure: ἱπποφορβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rbw

Sense

  1. a horse-keeper

Examples

  • χωρὶσ δὲ τῆσ ἐνεργοῦ πολλὴν μὲν ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι τὴν εἰσ ποίμνασ ἀνειμένην αὐτῆσ, πολλὴν δὲ τὴν αἰγινόμον, ἔτι δὲ πλείω καὶ θαυμασιωτέραν τὴν ἱπποφορβόν τε καὶ βουκολίδα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 37 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a horse-keeper

Related

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

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