ἵππος : horse
or mare;
ἄρσενες ἵπποι,
‘stallions,’ Od.
13.81
; θήλεες ἵπποι, ἵπποι θήλειαι, Ε
269, Il. 11.681; the
Homeric Greeks did not ride horseback, but employed chariots; hence
ἵπποι, oftener ἵππω, span, chariot, alone or
w. ἅρμα, Il.
12.120; freq. ἵπποισιν καὶ
ὄχεσφιν,
Il. 12.114, 119;
ἐξ or ἀφ᾽ ἵππων ἀποβῆναι, Γ
265, Il. 5.13; of chariotmen
as opposed to infantry, Od. 14.267,
Il. 2.554, Il. 16.167, Il.
18.153.