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Ἱπποφορβός

horse-keeping

Translated by Catharine Roth28 May 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 27 words
[An adjective meaning] horse-nourishing; for forbh/ ["fodder"] [is] nourishment.1
Also [sc. attested is the related neuter noun] i(ppofo/rbion ["stable"], [meaning a place] where the horses are fed.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱπποφορβός· ἱπποτρόφος· φορβὴ γὰρ ἡ τροφή. καὶ Ἱπποφόρβιον, ἔνθα οἱ ἵπποι τρέφονται.

Betacode
*(ippoforbo/s: i(ppotro/fos: forbh\ ga\r h( trofh/. kai\ *(ippofo/rbion, e)/nqa oi( i(/ppoi tre/fontai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. For "fodder" see phi 586. ↩
  2. 2See e.g. Euripides, Electra 623. ↩

Neighbouring entries

ι582Ἰππούμενοςridden downι583Ἵππουρινhorse-hair-crestedι584Ἱπποφορβόςhorse-keepingι585ἼπτωI hurtι586Ἵππῳ γηράσκοντι τὰ μείονα κύκλον ἐπίβαλλεmake an ageing horse do the lesser circuit
Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Jan 2013
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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