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ἱππικός

ippikos

of a horse

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Where it lives

On the Cavalry Commander 29 · 50.41/10k
Agesilaus 10 · 13.59/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 9 · 12.95/10k
Electra 7 · 8.06/10k
Seven Against Thebes 4 · 7.95/10k
On The Refusal Of A Pension 1 · 7.03/10k
Euthyphro 3 · 5.8/10k
Theages 2 · 5.76/10k
Laches 4 · 5.21/10k
Clouds 5 · 5.2/10k
Alcibiades 2 2 · 4.69/10k
Hipparchus 1 · 4.44/10k

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἱππικός · hippikos — LSJ

of a horse, horses

of a horse or horses, freq. in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων A. Th. 61; ἱ. φρυάγματα ib. 245, cf. S. El. 717, 719; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες, ib. 740, Aj. 1030; φάτναι E. Ba. 509.

2 of horsemen, chariots

of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών Hdt. 1.167, And. 4.26 (pl.); in ἱππικῶν ἀγών S. El. 698, ἱππικῶν is prob. neut. (v. infr. IV); δρόμος ib. 754; ναυάγια ib. 730; ἆθλον Pl. Lg. 949a.

3 of equestrian rank

= Lat. equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, D.H. 12.1, Plu. Pomp. 23; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες Str. 3.4.20, cf. IGRom. 3.474 (Lycia, iii A.D.), etc.

II of riding, horsemanship, equestrian, in horsemanship, of the knights, skilled in riding

of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, X. HG 5.3.20; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, IG 2(2).1042.21, al.; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, ib. 3.693; skilled in riding, opp. ἄφιππος, Pl. Prt. 350a, al.: Comp., Satyr. 1, Phld. Mus. p.6 K.: Sup., Arr. Tact. 16.9.

2 horsemanship, riding, riding

ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, Ar. Nu. 27, etc.; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon; ἱ. ἐπιστήμη Pl. La. 193b; ἱ. λόγοι X. HG 5.3.20; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] Pl. Alc. 1.124e, cf. Thg. 126a; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, Lys. 24.10.

III fit for riding

fit for riding, Sup. -ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή Ar. Lys. 677.

IV horse, cavalry

τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, Hdt. 7.87, E. Supp. 682, X. An. 6.5.29, etc.; τὰ ἱ. Plb. 3.114.5.

2 course, space of four stadia

course or space of four stadia, Plu. Sol. 23.

b circus

the circus at Rome, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.59.

V like a horseman, with best horsemanship

Adv. -κῶς like a horseman: Sup. -κώτατα with best horsemanship, X. Oec. 21.7.

In the wild

ἱππικῶν · hippikōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 203–207
ἱππικῶν · hippikōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 473–479
ἱππικῶν · hippikōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 245
ἱππικῶν · hippikōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 59–61
ἱππικήν · hippikēn Aristophanes, Clouds 1225 (DIORISIS sentence 944)
ἱππικῇ · hippikēi Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1084)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἵππος (scan pp. 644-645; entry #2753).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἵππος (scan p. 481; entry #3413).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἵππος (scan pp. 765-767; entry #2635).

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