ἐπιβήτωρ
Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
ορος, ὁ,
A one who mounts, ἐ. ἵππων Od.18.263, Simm.1.3; νεὼς ἐπιβήτορα λαόν, = ἐπιβάτας, AP7.498 (Antip.(?)); ἐ. κύκλων, of the Trojan horse, Tryph.307. 2. of male animals, e.g.a boar, συῶν ἐπιβήτωρ Od.11.131; of a bull, Theoc.25.128. II. as Adj., springing, Nonn.D.20.113. 2. metaph., at home in, master of a thing, θηροδιδασκαλίης Man.4.245; dwelling in, ὕλης οὐρανίας κτλ. Orph.Fr.353.
German (Pape)
[Seite 929] ορος, ὁ, der da besteigt, – a) ἵππων, Reiter, Od. 18, 263 u. Sp., wie Opp. C. 4, 51; auch κούρη, Nonn. D. 1, 51; νεώς, = ἐπιβάτης, Ant. Sid. 106 (VII, 498). – b) Bespringer, συῶν ἐπιβ., der Eber, Od. 11, 131. 23, 278; von Stieren, Theocr. 25, 128. – c) als adj., emporsteigend, sich erhebend, z. B. παλμός, Nonn. D. 20, 113 u. a. sp. D.
