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

  • ἐκκειμένων δὲ τῶν βρεφῶν, παριόντων ἱπποφορβῶν ἵπποσ μία προσαψαμένη τῇ χηλῇ θατέρου τῶν βρεφῶν πέλιόν τι τοῦ προσώπου μέροσ ἐποίησεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 8:4)

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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