hippotoxota

hippotoxota, ae, m. (ἱπποτοξότης), der Bogenschütze zu Pferde, der berittene Bogenschütze (rein lat. eques sagittarius), Caes. b. c. 3, 4, 5. Auct. b. Afr. 19, 6.

Hippotoxŏta

(ἱπποτοξότης). A mounted archer ( B. Afr. 19); in most cases characteristic of foreign nations, as the Syrians ( B. C. iii. 4), Persians (Herod.ix. 49), etc.; but men thus equipped appear to have been used among the light horse of the Greeks (Aristoph. Av. 1179), and of the Romans; at least under the Empire.