hippomachian.

Brit.

/hɪpə(ʊ)ˈmakɪə/,

/hɪpə(ʊ)ˈmeɪkɪə/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpoʊˈmɑkiə/

Forms:

α. 1600s hippomachie, 1600s 1800s–1900s hippomachy Brit. /hɪˈpɒməki/, U.S. /hɪˈpɑməki/.

β. 1800s– hippomachia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hippomachia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin hippomachia (a1519 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἱππομαχία fight on horseback, cavalry action < ἱππο- hippo- comb. form + -μαχία -machy comb. form.

Now rare.

A fight or conflict on horseback; spec. †(a) a joust or tournament (obsolete); (b) Ancient Greek History a cavalry charge or battle.In quot. 1863 used humorously to refer to a horse race or race meeting.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun] > on horseback

career1591

hippomachia1623

horse-charge1650

cavalry charge1872

shock-action1884

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament

tournament?c1225

joust1297

tourney13..

justeningc1400

tournament of warc1400

inturnementc1440

tilt1511

jostle1607

tilting?1617

hippomachia1623

carousel1650

fortuny1676

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hippomachie, a iusting on horsebacke.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. 23 Her's Yorke and Lancaster fought over againe in a Hippomachy, her's the Pharsalian feild discrib'd in these lists.

1863 Lady's Newspaper 6 June 586/3 A general sketch..will serve to give a notion of the humours of Ascot of that day, and the wonderful difference between it and the splendid hippomachia of the present week.

1897 H. G. Dakyns in tr. Xenophon Wks. III. ii. p. xxxiv A single section..on siege operations (teichomachy)..alone survives. Most valuable it is, but what a pity we have not the other sections on hoplomachy, hippomachy, and the rest.

1908 R. W. Macan in tr. Herodotus Seventh, Eighth, & Ninth Bks. I. ii. 641/1 It is conceivable that..the turn taken by the ‘Hippomachy’, and the development of the first Greek position, brought about an order [of battle] and a situation which had not been distinctly foreseen.

1991 W. K. Pritchett Greek State at War V. 275 If the identifications are correct, this would be a rare case of a hippomachia in which the defeated took captives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippomachia
释义	hippomachian. Brit. /hɪpə(ʊ)ˈmakɪə/, /hɪpə(ʊ)ˈmeɪkɪə/, U.S. /ˌhɪpoʊˈmɑkiə/ Forms: α. 1600s hippomachie, 1600s 1800s–1900s hippomachy Brit. /hɪˈpɒməki/, U.S. /hɪˈpɑməki/. β. 1800s– hippomachia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hippomachia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin hippomachia (a1519 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἱππομαχία fight on horseback, cavalry action < ἱππο- hippo- comb. form + -μαχία -machy comb. form. Now rare. A fight or conflict on horseback; spec. †(a) a joust or tournament (obsolete); (b) Ancient Greek History a cavalry charge or battle.In quot. 1863 used humorously to refer to a horse race or race meeting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun] > on horseback career1591 hippomachia1623 horse-charge1650 cavalry charge1872 shock-action1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament tournament?c1225 joust1297 tourney13.. justeningc1400 tournament of warc1400 inturnementc1440 tilt1511 jostle1607 tilting?1617 hippomachia1623 carousel1650 fortuny1676 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hippomachie, a iusting on horsebacke. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. 23 Her's Yorke and Lancaster fought over againe in a Hippomachy, her's the Pharsalian feild discrib'd in these lists. 1863 Lady's Newspaper 6 June 586/3 A general sketch..will serve to give a notion of the humours of Ascot of that day, and the wonderful difference between it and the splendid hippomachia of the present week. 1897 H. G. Dakyns in tr. Xenophon Wks. III. ii. p. xxxiv A single section..on siege operations (teichomachy)..alone survives. Most valuable it is, but what a pity we have not the other sections on hoplomachy, hippomachy, and the rest. 1908 R. W. Macan in tr. Herodotus Seventh, Eighth, & Ninth Bks. I. ii. 641/1 It is conceivable that..the turn taken by the ‘Hippomachy’, and the development of the first Greek position, brought about an order [of battle] and a situation which had not been distinctly foreseen. 1991 W. K. Pritchett Greek State at War V. 275 If the identifications are correct, this would be a rare case of a hippomachia in which the defeated took captives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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