ἱππ-εύς,
genitive έως (-έω uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.AD+],
Epic dialect ῆος, ὁ, (ἵππος)
one who fights from a chariot, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; either of
the driver or of
the hero who fights, [
Refs]; also of
one who drives in a chariot-race, [
Refs]
2)
horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a public
courier, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
3)
groom, Class.Rev.[
Refs]
II) ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense,
knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) of the Roman
equites, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Latin
eques Romanus, [
Refs]
III)
nimble kind of
crab, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV) kind of
comet, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V)
girl's ornament, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VI) a
measure, πυρῶν, ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλεύρων, [
Refs]