ἵππουρις

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. NA 16.21; Satyr's tail, Phryn. PS p.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.