ἐπιβάτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπιβάτου, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> one who [[mount]]s or [[embark]]s:<br><span class="bld">1</span>. [[ἐπιβάτης|ἐπιβάται]], οἱ, [[soldier]]s [[on board]] [[ship]], [[fighting]] men, opp. the [[rower]]s and [[seaman|seamen]], [[marine]]s, Hdt.6.12, 7.100, Th.3.95, Plb. 1.51.2, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[merchant]] [[on board]] [[ship]], [[supercargo]], D.34.51, 56.10.<br><span class="bld">c</span>. [[passenger]] on [[ship]], D.Chr.1.29, al., Plu.''in Hes.''8.<br><span class="bld">d</span>. [[subordinate]] [[officer]] in the [[Spartan]] [[navy]], Th.8.61, X.''HG''1.3.17, ''Hell.'' ''Oxy.''17.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[fighting]] [[man]] in a [[chariot]], Pl.''Criti.''119b; on an elephant, Arr.''An.''5.17.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[rider]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1106a20, Luc.''Zeux.'' 10.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[male]] [[quadruped]], Gp.16.21.9.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[heel]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">6</span>. [[middle]] [[finger]], [Ruf.] ''Onom.App.''p.600R.