ἱππόδαμος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ἵππος (híppos, horse) + the root of δαμάζω (damázō)/δαμνάω (damnáō)/δάμνημι (dámnēmi, to tame), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adjective[edit]

ἱππόδᾰμος (hippódamosm or f (neuter ἱππόδᾰμον); second declension

  1. (Epic, poetic) horse-taming (used as an epithet of the Trojans in general and of several heroes individually)
    Homer, Iliad, 24.804
    ὣς οἵ γ᾽ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος ἱπποδάμοιο.
    hṑs hoí g᾽ amphíepon táphon Héktoros hippodámoio.
    Thus they performed the funeral of Hector the tamer of horses.

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