πεζικός

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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 542] zu Fuße oder zu Lande, bes. das Fußheer betreffend; στρατιὰ καὶ ναυτικὴ καὶ πεζική, Landmacht, Thuc. 6, 33. 7, 16 (Bekk. u. Krüger πεζή, vgl. Thom. Mag.); Xen. Mem. 3, 6, 9; ὅπλα ἱππικὰ ἢ πεζικά, Plat. Legg. VI, 753 b; τὸ πεζικόν, Landheer, Xen. Cyr. 5, 3, 38; τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς τὰ πεζικά, zum Dienste zu Fuß, 1, 3, 15, vgl. 4, 3, 14.