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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

  • Μνησίμαχοσ δ’ ἐν Ἱπποτρόφῳ τοιαῦτα παρασκευάζει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 671)
  • Μνησίμαχοσ Ἱπποτρόφῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 622)
  • καὶ μνημονεύει αὐτοῦ Μνησίμαχοσ ἐν Ἱπποτρόφῳ ποιητὴσ δ’ ἐστὶν οὗτοσ τῆσ μέσησ κωμῳδίασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 138 2:2)

Related

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

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