εὔιππος
ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk
English (LSJ)
Ep. ἐΰιππος, ον, of persons,
A delighting in horses, h.Ap. 210, Hes.Cat.Oxy.1358.21, Pi.O.3.39: Sup., X.HG4.2.5, etc. 2 of places, famed for horses, Pl.P.4.2, S.OC668 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1073] mit guten Rossen, H. h. Apoll. 210; Τυνδαρίδαι, Ἀμαζόνες, wohlberitten, Pind. Ol. 3, 41. 8, 47 u. öfter; Κυράνα, gute Pferde habend, P. 4, 2; Tragg. öfter, δῶρον εὔιππον, Geschenk guter Pferde, Soph. O. C. 715; auch in Prosa, Xen. Cyr. 5, 5, 5, im superl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὔιππος: -ον, ἐπὶ προσώπων, ἔχων καλοὺς ἵππους, ἡδόμενος ἐπὶ καλοῖς ἵπποις, Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 210, Πινδ. Ο. 3. 70· Ὑπερθ., Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 2, 5, κτλ. 2) ἐπὶ τόπου, περίφημος διὰ τοὺς καλοὺς ἵππους αὐτοῦ, Πινδ. Π. 4. 2, Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 668· πρβλ. εὔπωλος.
