ἱππικός

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.); in ἱππικῶν 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. HG 5.3.20; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, IG 22.1042.21, al.; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, ib.3.693; skilled in riding, opp. ἄφιππος, Pl. Prt. 350a, al.: Comp., Satyr. 1, Phld. Mus. p.6 K.: 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. HG 5.3.20; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] Pl. Alc. 1.124e, cf. Thg. 126a; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, Lys. 24.10.

III. fit for riding, 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: Sup. ‐κώτατα with best horsemanship, X. Oec. 21.7.