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Headword:
Hippotês
Adler number: iota,581
Translated headword: horseman
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] cavalryman, horseback-rider.[1]
"He saw lying dead the horseman who was best and able to strike in action, lying with his horse."[2]
Greek Original:Hippotês: hippeus, ephippos. eide nekron keimenon hippotên ariston kai kata cheira plêxai dunamenon, keimenon autôi hippôi.
Notes:
[1] Epic/poetic noun; same glossing in other lexica.
[2] Quotation not identified by Adler but latterly claimed by Favuzzi for
Aelian (and with Hannibal as the subject); see under
epsilon 3944. (For the phrase "in action",
kata\ xei=ra, see LSJ s.v.
xei/r, II.6.h.)
Keywords: biography; definition; epic; historiography; military affairs; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 May 2006@18:18:26.
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