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| The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had humanlike rather than horselike legs (compare with early ], whose front legs were often humanlike). | The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had humanlike rather than horselike legs (compare with early ], whose front legs were often humanlike). | ||
| The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is ἱππότης (hippotas). |
The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is {{Polytonic|ἱππότης}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotas}}). It means a person riding a horse. It is also used as an adjective as in {{Polytonic|ἱππότης λεὼς}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotas leos}}) — horse riding people. The definition given above would fit {{Polytonic|ἱππότης λεὼς}} — "horse-people". | ||
| Cf. Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon. | Cf. Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon. | ||
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In Greek mythology, Ipotanes were a race of half-horse, half-humans, unlike the satyrs, who were half-goat.
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had humanlike rather than horselike legs (compare with early Centaurs, whose front legs were often humanlike).
The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is Template:Polytonic (hippotas). It means a person riding a horse. It is also used as an adjective as in Template:Polytonic (hippotas leos) — horse riding people. The definition given above would fit Template:Polytonic — "horse-people".
Cf. Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon.
Such a person would not look "overall human"; rather, the torso would look human.
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