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τέθριππος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέθριππος τέθριππον

Structure: τεθριππ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/ttares, i(/ppos

Sense

  1. with four horses abreast, four-horsed
  2. a four-horse chariot, a team of four abreast

Examples

  • ὦ τὰσ τεθρίππουσ Οἰνομάῳ Πῖσαν κάτα Πέλοψ ἁμίλλασ ἐξαμιλληθείσ ποτε, εἴθ’ ὤφελεσ τόθ’, ἡνίκ’ ἔρανον εἰσ θεοὺσ πεισθεὶσ ἐποίεισ, ἐν θεοῖσ λιπεῖν βίον, πρὶν τὸν ἐμὸν Ἀτρέα πατέρα γεννῆσαί ποτε, ὃσ ἐξέφυσεν Αἐρόπησ λέκτρων ἄπο Ἀγαμέμνον’ ἐμέ τε Μενέλεων, κλεινὸν ζυγόν· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue1)

Synonyms

  1. with four horses abreast

  2. a four-horse chariot

Related

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

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