ἐπιβήτωρ

A. one who mounts, ἐ. ἵππων Od. 18.263, Simm. 1.3; νεὼς ἐπιβήτορα λαόν, = ἐπιβάτας, AP 7.498 (Antip.(?)); ἐ. κύκλων, of the Trojan horse, Tryph. 307.

2. . of male animals, e.g.a boar, συῶν ἐπιβήτωρ Od. 11.131; of a bull, Theoc. 25.128.

II. . as Adj., springing, Nonn. D. 20.113.

2. . metaph., at home in, master of a thing, θηροδιδασκαλίης Man. 4.245; dwelling in, ὕλης οὐρανίας κτλ. Orph. Fr. 353.