ἱπποκόμος
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (κομέω)
A groom, esquire, who attended the ἱππεύς in war, Hdt.3.85,88, X.HG2.4.6: generally, groom, Pl.Plt.261d, PSI4.371.13 (iii B.C.), Plb.13.8.3, etc.; ἱ. τῶν καμήλων Philostr.VA2.1. II Adj. ἱππό-κομος, ον, (κόμη) decked with horsehair, epith. of a helmet (not in Od.), κόρυς Il.13.132, cf. S.Ant. 116 (anap.); πήληξ Il.16.797; τρυφάλεια 13.339.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1260] Pferde pflegend, haltend, gew. subst., Pferdeknecht, der das Pferd des Ritters im Kriege besorgt, Her. 3, 85; Plat. Polit. 261 d Legg. II, 666 e; Xen. Hell. 2, 4, 6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱπποκόμος: ὁ, (κομέω) ὡς καὶ νῦν, ἱπποκόμος, προσέτι θεράπων, ἀκόλουθος τοῦ ἱππέως ἐν πολέμῳ, Λατ. equiso, Ἡρόδ. 3. 85, 88, Θουκ. 7. 75, 78, Ξεν., κτλ.
