HIPPOPODES

HIPPOPODES
HIPPOPODES
pop. in Oceano Scythico, qui teste Solino humanam usque ad vestigium formam tenent, sed in equinos pedes desinunt. Dionys. Perieg. v. 310.
Νευροί θ' Ι῾ππόποδές τε, Γελωνοἰ τ᾿ ἠδ᾿ Α᾿γάθυρςοι.
Avien. legit hunc versum, teste Morellio, hunc in modum,
Νεῦροί θ᾿ Ι῾ππόποδές τε Γελωνοὶ, etc.
Qui etiam ita vertit,
Cerelesque Geloni. ———
Priscian. proprium nomen agnoscit. Sic enim hos versus Latine reddidit,
Post Hippemolgi, Hippopodesque potentes,
Atque Geloni cum Neuris, pictique Agathyrsi.
Et sic omnes alii interpretes. P. Mela l. 3. c. 6. Equinis pedibus Hippopodes. A' celere cursu forte haec fabula. Meminit horum Plin. l. 4. c. 13. Nic. Lloyd.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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