ἵππων

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἵππων

   HIP-pōn

   of horses
2. sentence🔊 ἵνα φάγητε σάρκας βασιλέων καὶ σάρκας χιλιάρχων καὶ σάρκας ἰσχυρῶν καὶ σάρκας ἵππων καὶ τῶν καθημένων ἐπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ σάρκας πάντων ἐλευθέρων τε καὶ δούλων καὶ μικρῶν καὶ μεγάλων

   HI-na PHA-ghay-te SAR-kas ba-si-LE-ōn kai SAR-kas khi-li-AR-khōn kai SAR-kas is-khy-RŌN kai SAR-kas HIP-pōn kai tōn ka-thê-ME-nōn ep au-TŌN kai SAR-kas PAN-tōn e-leu-THE-rōn te kai DOU-lōn kai mi-KRŌN kai me-GA-lōn

   so that you may eat flesh of kings and flesh of captains and flesh of mighty ones and flesh of horses and of the of the ones sitting on them and flesh of all of free {people} both and of slaves and of small {ones} and of great {ones}

Exegesis

A series of direct objects, each introduced by sarkas {σάρκας | sár-kas} with different genitive modifiers (basileon {βασιλέων | basi-lé-ōn}, chiliarchon {χιλιάρχων | khi-li-ár-khōn}, ischyron {ἰσχυρῶν | is-chy-rôn}, hippon {ἵππων | híp-pōn}, panton {πάντων | pán-tōn} with its following genitives), creates a rhythmic, cumulative catalogue.

The coordinated genitives hippon and ton kathemenon ep auton {ἵππων καὶ τῶν καθημένων ἐπʼ αὐτῶν | híppōn kaí tōn kathē-mé-nōn ep autôn} portray horses together with those sitting upon them as a single combat unit.