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ἱπποτρόφ-ος

ippotrophos

horse-feeding, abounding in horses

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Where it lives

Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἱπποτρόφ-ος · hippotroph-os — LSJ

horse-feeding, abounding in horses

horse-feeding, abounding in horses, of Thrace, Hes. Op. 507; of Argos, Pi. N. 10.41; πόλις B. 10.114.

II breeding and keeping race-horses

of persons, breeding and keeping race-horses, Pi. I. 4(3).32, etc.; μέγας καὶ λαμπρὸς ἱ. D. 18.320, cf. Plu. Them. 5, Paus. 6.2.1.

2 horsebreeder

generally, horsebreeder, POxy. 2110.6 (iv A.D.), Hippiatr. 34.

In the wild

Ἱπποτρόφος · Hippotrophos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2683)
ἱπποτρόφοι · hippotrophoi Xenophon, Hiero 11.5 (DIORISIS sentence 301)

Where it came from

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