hippophagy 的詞源

"食用馬肉的行爲或實踐"，1823年，來自 hippo- "馬" + -phagy "吃"（參見 -phagous）。托勒密使用 hippophagi 來描述中亞某些遊牧部落。相關詞彙： Hippophagous（1828）。

Europeans have generally regarded horse-flesh as unfit for food; but hippophagy or horse-eating has always existed among some rude races, and has been advocated by many gastronomers in Europe. In Paris horse-flesh has long been surreptitiously dealt in as a cheap article of diet, and its sale, under strict official supervision, was authorized in 1866. The necessary use of it there during the siege of 1870-1 brought it into more general favor, which has been maintained. It is also eaten to some extent in other countries. [Century Dictionary, 1903]

歐洲人普遍認爲馬肉不適合食用； 但是在一些原始的種族中一直存在着食用馬肉的習慣，並且在歐洲得到了許多美食家的支持。在巴黎，馬肉長期以來一直被偷偷擺賣作爲一種廉價的食品，在嚴格的官方監管下，其銷售在1866年被授權。在1870-1年的圍城期間，人們不得不食用馬肉，這使得它更受歡迎，至今仍然如此。在其他國家，人們也在一定程度上食用馬肉。[世紀詞典，1903年]