ἱππηλάτης

ἱππηλᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

• driver of horses, one who fights from a chariot, Hom. (always in Ep. from ἱππηλάτα, and only in nom.), as an epith. of honour, Knight, ἱ. Τυδεύς, γέρων ἱ. Πηλεύς, Φοῖνιξ, Οἰνεύς, Il. 4.387, 7.125, 9.432, 581; Νέστωρ Od. 3.436: generally ἱππηλάται E. Rh. 117: as Adj., ἱ. λεώς, opp. πεδοστιβής, A. Pers. 126 (lyr.).