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hippeus

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English

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek ἱππεύς (hippeús)

Noun

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hippeus (plural hippeis)

  1. (historical) A member of the Ancient Greek cavalry; a man who owned a warhorse.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἱππεύς (hippeús).

Noun

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hippeus m (genitive hippeī); second declension

  1. (astronomy) A type of comet

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hippeus hippeī
genitive hippeī hippeōrum
dative hippeō hippeīs
accusative hippeum hippeōs
ablative hippeō hippeīs
vocative hippee hippeī

References

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  • hippeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hippeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hippeus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • hippeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray