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Headword:
*)/afippa
xwri/a
Adler number: alpha,4621
Translated headword: horseless places, places impossible for horses, unsuited for cavalry
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning ones] in which it is not possible to ride a horse.[1]
"He turned away to difficult terrain, steep and unsuited for cavalry."[2]
Also [sc. attested is the the masculine nominative plural] a)/fippoi ["horseless"], [meaning] without horses. "They were very afraid because they were in a deserted place and especially because they were now horseless."[3] Meaning on foot.[4]
Greek Original:*)/afippa xwri/a: e)n oi(=s a)\n mh\ e)/stin i(ppa/sasqai. o( de\ e)kkli/nei pro\s ta\ du/sxwra/ te kai\ a)na/nth kai\ a)/fippa. kai\ *)/afippoi, xwri\s i(/ppwn. perideei=s de\ h)=san w(s e)n e)rhmi/a| ta/ te a)/lla kai\ a)/fippoi geno/menoi. a)nti\ tou= pezoi/.
Notes:
[1] For this headword phrase, a neuter plural, see
delta 1614.
[2] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 5.10.1, on the Persian rebel Baram's retreat in the late summer of 591; cf. de Boor (206) and Whitby (145). On Baram (Bahram), see
beta 103,
kappa 1128 note, and
kappa 2025 note.
[3]
Iamblichus,
Babyloniaca fr. 21 Habrich.
[4] For another technical meaning of
a)/fippoi, see
iota 546.
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2001@22:43:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added keywords; cosmetics) on 5 June 2001@03:33:46.
Joseph L. Rife (translation; note) on 10 September 2001@15:20:14.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 28 August 2002@09:21:43.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 5 July 2006@11:58:40.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 6 July 2006@03:08:07.
David Whitehead on 7 May 2012@07:10:32.
David Whitehead on 17 January 2014@09:21:23.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 11 July 2015@00:26:05.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-references) on 23 January 2025@12:21:40.
Ronald Allen (added headword phrase after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 24 January 2025@11:57:29.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 24 January 2025@12:10:10.
Ronald Allen (added cross-reference n.2) on 31 January 2025@11:12:41.
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