ἱππικός

hippikos

of a horse

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 4
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32

1277a18
Book VI 3
Chapter 7 1321a5–1321b3

1321a7
1321a18
1321a20
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 1094a1–17

1094a11
1094a11
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37

1219b4
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 1 805a1–806a18

805a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἱππικός, ή, όν, (ἵππος) A. of a horse or horses, freq. in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων A. Th. 61; ἱ. φρυάγματα ib.245, cf. S. El. 717, 719; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες, ib.740, Aj. 1030; φάτναι E. Ba. 509. 2. of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών Hdt. 1.167, And. 4.26 (pl.); in ἱππικῶν ἀγών S. El. 698, ἱππικῶν is prob. neut. (v. infr. IV); δρόμος ib.754; ναυάγια ib.730; ἆθλον Pl. Lg. 949a. 3. = Lat. equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, D.H. 12.1, Plu. Pomp. 23; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες Str. 3.4.20, cf. IGRom. 3.474 (Lycia, iii A.D.), etc. II. of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, X. HG 5.3.20; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, IG 22.1042.21, al.; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, ib.3.693; skilled in riding, opp. ἄφιππος, Pl. Prt. 350a, al.: Comp., Satyr. 1, Phld. Mus.p.6 K.: Sup., Arr. Tact. 16.9. 2. ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, Ar. Nu. 27, etc.; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon; ἱ. ἐπιστήμη Pl. La. 193b; ἱ. λόγοι X. HG 5.3.20; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] Pl. Alc. 1.124e, cf. Thg. 126a; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, Lys. 24.10. III. fit for riding, Sup. -ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή Ar. Lys. 677. IV. τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, Hdt. 7.87, E. Supp. 682, X. An. 6.5.29, etc.; τὰ ἱ. Plb. 3.114.5. 2. course or space of four stadia, Plu. Sol. 23. b. the circus at Rome, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.59. V. Adv. -κῶς like a horseman: Sup. -κώτατα with best horsemanship, X. Oec. 21.7.

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