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πεζικός

πεζικός, on foot, of or for a foot-soldier

πεζ-ικός, ή, όν, (πεζός)
  • on foot, π. εἰκών (opp. ἔφιππος) IG 42(1).86.29 (Epid.), 5(2).432.13 (Megalop.), etc.
      • 2 of or for a foot-soldier, ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ π. Pl. Lg. 753b; τὸ π. the infantry, X. Cyr. 5.3.38 codd.; π. καὶ ἱππικαὶ δυνάμεις CIG 4860 (Ombi); τὰ π. the evolutions of infantry, οἱ ἀγαθοὶ τὰ π. X. Cyr. 1.3.15.
      • 3 of a land force, opp. a fleet, ἥ τε π. καὶ ἡ ναυτικὴ δύναμις Id. Mem. 3.6.9, cf. Th. 6.33, Din. 3.10, Aeschin. 3.85, Plb. 2.2.4, IPE 12.352.39 (Chersonesus), etc.; πεζός is v.l. and shd. prob. be read in all passages of early writers.
      • 4 in prose, π. λόγων συντάξεις Vett.Val.150.23.

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