ἱππαγωγός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, horse) +‎ ᾰ̓γωγός (agōgós, leading, guiding).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ῐ̔ππᾰγωγός (hippagōgósm or f (neuter ῐ̔ππᾰγωγόν); second declension

  1. (especially of ships) carrying horses
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.48:
      δῐέπεμπε , κελεύων νέας τε μᾰκρᾱ̀ς καὶ ῐ̔ππᾰγωγᾰ̀ πλοῖᾰ ποιέεσθαι.
      diépempe [], keleúōn néas te makrā̀s kaì hippagōgà ploîa poiéesthai.
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.56:
      ἦγε δ̓ ἐπῐ̀ τῶν νεῶν ὁπλῑ́τᾱς Ᾰ̓θηναίων τετρᾰκῐσχῑλῐ́ους καὶ ῐ̔ππέᾱς τρῐᾱκοσῐ́ους ἐν ναυσῐ̀ν ῐ̔ππᾰγωγοῖς
      êge d epì tôn neôn hoplī́tās Athēnaíōn tetrakiskhīlíous kaì hippéās triākosíous en nausìn hippagōgoîs

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: hippagōgī (plural noun)

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