ἐπίκουρ-ος,ὁ,
A. helper, ally, Hom. only in Il. , mostly in pl. of the barbarianalliesof Troy,Τρῶες . . ἠδ' ἐ. 2.815 ;Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδ' ἐ. 3.456 ,al., cf. Hdt. 2.152 , 3.91 , al.
2. .mercenary troops, opp. citizen-soldiers, ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι
Th. 2.33
, cf. Hdt. 1.154 , 2.163 , 3.145 , Lys. 12.94 , X. HG 7.1.12 , etc.; ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι
Hermipp. 63.18
; used as body-guard by tyrants, Hdt. 1.64 , 6.39 , Th. 6.55 , 58 .
3. .οἱ ἐ. theguards, the military class in Plato's Republic, R. 414b , 415a , 545d .
II. . asAdj.,assisting, aiding, c. dat. pers.,Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν
̓́αρῃ ἐπίκουρος
Il. 21.431
; βῆναι ἐ. τινι
Pi. O. 13.97
;ταῖς νήσοις ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1319 ;τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐ. Th. 3.67 : c. gen. pers.,ἐπίκουρε βροτῶνtheirdefender, h. Mart.