πεζικός
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (πεζός)
A on foot, π. εἰκών (opp. ἔφιππος) IG42(1).86.29 (Epid.), 5(2).432.13 (Megalop.), etc. 2 of or for a footsoldier, ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ π. Pl.Lg.753b ; τὸ π. the infantry, X.Cyr.5.3.38 codd. ; π. καὶ ἱππικαὶ δυνάμεις CIG4860 (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, IPE12.352.39 (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.
