ἵππουρις
From LSJ
Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ, (οὐρά) as fem. Adj.,
A horse-tailed, decked with a horse-tail, freq. in Hom. (esp. Il.), in nom. and acc. ἵππουρις, -ιν, κόρυς Il.6.495; τρυφάλεια 19.382; κυνέη Od. 22.124. II as Subst., horse-tail, Ael.NA16.21; Satyr's tail, Phryn.PSp.77B. 2 a water-plant, horse-tail, Equisetum silvaticum, Dsc.4.46, Ps.-Democr.inGp.2.6.27; also,= Equisetum maximum, Dsc.4.47. 3 a complaint in the groin, caused by constant riding, dub. in Hp.Epid.7.122.
