ἱππόδαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἱππόδᾰμος • (hippódamos) m 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.
    Thus they performed the funeral of Hector the tamer of horses.

Declension

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