ἱππότης

See also: ιππότης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ἵππος (híppos, horse) + -της (-tēs, -er, agentive suffix)

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Noun

ῐ̔ππότης (hippótēs) m (genitive ῐ̔ππότου); first declension

  1. a horse-rider, horseman, knight
  2. (as an epithet of Nestor and other heros in Homer)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.253:
      τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ·
      tòn d' ēmeíbet' épeita Gerḗnios hippóta Néstōr;
      Then the Gerenian horseman Nestor answered him:

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