ἱππόκομος

A. groom, esquire, who attended the ἱππεύς in war, Hdt. 3.85,88, X. HG 2.4.6: generally, groom, Pl. Plt. 261d, PSI 4.371.13 (iii B.C.), Plb. 13.8.3, etc.; ἱ. τῶν καμήλων Philostr. VA 2.1.

II. Adj. ἱππό‐κομος, ον, (κόμη) decked with horsehair, epith. of a helmet (not in Od.), κόρυς Il. 13.132, cf. S. Ant. 116 (anap.); πήληξ Il. 16.797; τρυφάλεια 13.339.