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ἵππουρις

hippouris

horse-tailed, decked with a horse-tail

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἵππουρις, ιδος, ἡ, (οὐρά) as fem. Adj., A. horse-tailed, decked with a horse-tail, freq. in Hom. (esp. Il.), in nom. and acc. ἵππουρις, -ιν, κόρυς Il. 6.495; τρυφάλεια 19.382; κυνέη Od. 22.124.II. as Subst., horse-tail, Ael. NA 16.21; Satyrʼs tail, Phryn. PSp.77B. 2. a water-plant, horse-tail, Equisetum silvaticum, Dsc. 4.46, Ps.-Democr.inGp. 2.6.27; also,= Equisetum maximum, Dsc. 4.47. 3. a complaint in the groin, caused by constant riding, dub. in Hp. Epid. 7.122.
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