Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱππομάχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱππομάχος ἱππομάχον

Structure: ἱππομαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fighting on horseback, a trooper

Examples

  • πρὸσ μὲν ἁλὸσ Κᾶρεσ καὶ Παίονεσ ἀγκυλότοξοι καὶ Λέλεγεσ καὶ Καύκωνεσ δῖοί τε Πελασγοί, πρὸσ Θύμβρησ δ’ ἔλαχον Λύκιοι Μυσοί τ’ ἀγέρωχοι καὶ Φρύγεσ ἱππόμαχοι καὶ Μῄονεσ ἱπποκορυσταί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 49:3)

Synonyms

  1. fighting on horseback

Related

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

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