ἱππ-εύς, gen.έως(-έωdub. in Hsch. ), Ep.
ῆος,ὁ, (ἵππος)
A. one who fights from a chariot, Hom. (only in Il. ), opp.πεζός, 2.810 ; either ofthe driveror ofthe hero who fights, 12.66 , 15.270 ; also ofone who drives in a chariot-race, 23.262 .
2. horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος
Sapph. Supp. 5.1
, cf. Hdt. 3.88 , 9.49 , A. Pers. 14 (anap.), Arist. Pol. 1270a29 , etc.;τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a publiccourier, Aristaenet. 1.26 .
3. groom, Class.Rev.
27.12 (Laodicea Combusta), 24.12 , JHS 18.108 (near Lysias).
II. ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense,knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, Arist. Pol. 1297b18 , etc.; at Eretria, ib. 1306a35 , Ath. 15.2 ; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, Hdt. 8.124 , cf. 1.67 , etc.; esp. at Athens, the Second Class in Solon's constitution, Arist. Ath. 7.3 ; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, Ar. Eq. 225 , And. 3.5 , Philoch. 100 , etc.
2. of the Romanequites, D.S. 37.8 , D.H. 4.24 , App. BC 1.22 , etc.;ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Lat.eques Romanus,
Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.17 , IG 3.768a , IGRom. 3.204 (Ancyra), OGI 547.2 (ibid.), 645.7 (Palmyra), prob. in IGRom. 4.1213 (Thyatira).