- ἱππικός
- ἱππικός, ή, όν, ([etym.] ἵππος)A of a horse or horses, freq. in Trag.,
ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων A.Th.61
; ἱ. φρυάγματα ib.245, cf. S.El.717, 719; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες, ib.740, Aj.1030;φάτναι E.Ba.509
.2 of horsemen or chariots,ἀγών Hdt.1.167
, And.4.26 (pl.); inἱππικῶν ἀγών S.El.698
, ἱππικῶν is prob. neut. (v. infr. iv); δρόμος ib.754; ναυάγια ib.730;ἆθλον Pl.Lg.949a
.3 = Lat. equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, D.H.12.1, Plu.Pomp.23; of persons, of equestrian rank,ἱ. ἄνδρες Str.3.4.20
, cf. IGRom.3.474 (Lycia, iii A.D.), etc.II of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, X.HG5.3.20; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, IG22.1042.21, al.; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, ib.3.693; skilled in riding, opp. ἄφιππος, Pl.Prt.350a, al.: [comp] Comp., Satyr.1, Phld.Mus.p.6 K.: [comp] Sup., Arr.Tact.16.9.2 ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, Ar.Nu.27, etc.; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon;ἱ. ἐπιστήμη Pl.La.193b
;ἱ. λόγοι X.HG5.3.20
; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] Pl. Alc.1.124e, cf. Thg.126a; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, Lys.24.10.III fit for riding, [comp] Sup.-ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή Ar.Lys. 677
.IV τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, Hdt.7.87, E.Supp.682, X.An. 6.5.29, etc.; τὰ ἱ. Plb.3.114.5.2 course or space of four stadia, Plu.Sol.23.b the circus at Rome, Tab.Defix.Aud.187.59.V Adv. -κῶς like a horseman: [comp] Sup. -κώτατα with best horsemanship, X. Oec.21.7.
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