πεζός, ή, όν,
(see. πούς):
__1 in Poets, especially Epic dialect,
__1.a on foot, walking, πεζοί fighters on foot, opposed to those in chariots, πεζοί θ᾽ ἱππῆές τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.59, compare 5.13, 11.150 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλῆτο δὲ πᾶν πεδίον πεζῶν τε καὶ ἵππων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.436, compare 9.50. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1.b on land, going by land, opposed to sea-faring, especiallyin [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”; εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλεις π., πάρα τοι δίφρος τε καὶ ἵπποι 3.324; οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σε πεζὸν ὀΐομαι ἐνθάδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι 1.173; ἔφθης πεζὸς ἰὼν ἢ ἐγὼ σὺν νηῒ μελαίνῃ 11.58, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.29 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν νηῒ θοῇ ἢ π. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.438. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2in Prose, ὁ π. (with or without στρατός),
__2.a sometimes infantry, opposed to cavalry (ἡ ἵππος), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 4.128; σὺν δυνάμει καὶ π. καὶ ἱππικῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but,
__2.b more frequently land-force, army, opposed to naval force, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.97, 6.95, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.47, 2.94, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατιὰ καὶ ναυτικὴ καὶ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, compare 7.16 (and see at {πεζικός}); ἡ π. στρατιὰ καὶ τὸ ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.34, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 558 (Lyric poetry), 719, 728 (both troch.); οἱ μὲν ἐφ᾽ ἵππων, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπὶ ναῶν, πεζοί τε βάδην [prev. work] 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ π. κράτιστοι strongest by land, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.12; καὶ ναυσὶ καὶ πεζοῖσι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 622; π. μάχαισιν [prev. author] “Eq.” 567 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ π. μάχη battle by land, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 707c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ναυτικοῖς κινδύνοις, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.91. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]