ἱππικός, ή, όν,
(ἵππος) of a horse or horses, frequently in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 61 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱ. φρυάγματα[[ [prev. work] 245, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 717, 719 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες,[[ [prev. work] 740, “Aj.” 1030; φάτναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 509. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.26 (_plural_); in ἱππικῶν ἀγών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 698, ἱππικῶν is probably _neuter_ (see. below iv); δρόμος [prev. work] 754 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυάγια[[ [prev. work] 730; ἆθλον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 949a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 = Latin equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 12.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 23 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.4.20, compare “IGRom.” 3.474 (Lycia, 3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1042.21, +others] Refs]; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, [[[prev. work]3.693] Refs]; skilled in riding, opposed to ἄφιππος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, [[ 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus 1, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.6] Refs 1st c.BC+] K.: superlative, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 16.9. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]