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ἱπποσύνη

ipposune · ἡ

the art of driving the war-chariot

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Where it lives

Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἱπποσύνη · hipposynē — LSJ

the art of driving the war-chariot, driving, horsemanship

the art of driving the war-chariot: generally, driving, horsemanship, ἱπποσύνῃ . . πεποιθώς Il. 4.303, cf. 11.503; ἔξοχοι ἱπποσύνᾳ Simon. 108 ( = IG 1(2).946): in pl., λελασμένος ἱπποσυνάων Il. 16.776, Od. 24.40; ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν Il. 23.307.

II horse, cavalry

= ἵππος II, horse, cavalry, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141.

In the wild

ἱπποσύνᾳ · hipposynai Euripides, Orestes 1390 (DIORISIS sentence 951)
ἱπποσύνην · hipposynēn Herodotus, Histories 7.141.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7857)
ἱπποσύνῃ · hipposynēi Iliad 11.503
ἱπποσυνάων · hipposynaōn Iliad 16.776
ἱπποσύνῃ · hipposynēi Iliad 16.809
ἱπποσύνῃ · hipposynēi Iliad 23.289

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Where it came from

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