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ἱππομανής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππομανής ἱππομανές

Structure: ἱππομανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mai/nomai

Sense

  1. in which horses take mad delight, swarming with horses
  2. which makes horses mad

Examples

  • ὡσ καὶ τῆσ νῦν φθιμένησ νυκτὸσ μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ’ ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ δυσκλείᾳ, σὲ τὸν ἱππομανῆ λειμῶν’ ἐπιβάντ’ ὀλέσαι Δαναῶν βοτὰ καὶ λείαν, ἥπερ δορίληπτοσ ἔτ’ ἦν λοιπή, κτείνοντ’ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests3)

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

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