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ἱπποτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱπποτρόφος ἱπποτρόφον

Structure: ἱπποτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. horse-feeding, abounding in horses
  2. breeding and keeping race-horses

Examples

  • μῆνα δὲ Ληναιῶνα, κάκ’ ἤματα, βουδόρα πάντα, τοῦτον ἀλεύασθαι, καὶ πηγάδασ, αἵτ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν πνεύσαντοσ Βορέαο δυσηλεγέεσ τελέθουσιν, ὅστε διὰ Θρῄκησ ἱπποτρόφου εὐρέι πόντῳ ἐμπνεύσασ ὤρινε· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:1)

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

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