horse

Greek Noun Male

ἵππος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for סוּס, sometimes for פָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶב;] a horse: Jas.3:3, Rev.6:2 ff. Rev.9:7 ff. Rev.14:20 18:13 19:11 ff, (AS)

horse

Greek Noun Male

ἵππος, ὁ, horse, ἡ, mare, most frequently feminine in Poets; in full θήλεες ἵπποι [Refs 8th c.BC+] team of chariot-horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, of the chariot itself, ἀφ᾽ ἵπποιιν, ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, from the chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππων ἐπιβησόμενος intending to mount his chariot, [Refs]; opposed to πεζοί, πλῆτο δὲ πᾶν πεδίον πεζῶν τε καὶ ἵππων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of riders, νῶθ᾽ ἵππων ἐπιβάντες ἐθύνεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of race-horses, ἵ. ἀκαμαντόποδες [Refs 5th c.BC+], of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) title of Hecate in the Mithraic cult, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] 4) perhaps an instrument of torture, Latin eculeus, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II) as Collective Noun, ἵππος, ἡ, horse, cavalry, ἡ τῶν Θεσσαλῶν ἵ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] a thousand horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ διακοσία ἵ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) a sea-fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὁ ἵ. ὁ ποτάμιος the hippopotamus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) lewd woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.b) pudenda muliebria et virilia, [Refs 5th c.AD+] V) a complaint of the eyes, such that they are always winking, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI) title of ministrants ('chuckersout') in certain religious ceremonies, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VII) in compounds, to express anything large or coarse, as in our horse-chestnut, horse-laugh, see at {ἱππό-κρημνος}, -λάπαθον, -μάραθον, -πορνος, -σέλινον, -τυφία, and compare βου. (From ἴκϝος, see at {ἴκκος}; cf. Sanskrit aśvas, Latin equus: the ἴ- (in place of e-) and the aspirate are unexplained; the latter accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+] was confined to Attic; compare Λεύκ-ιππος, Γλαύκ-ιππος.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a horse; horse; of uncertain affinity