ἱππικός, ἱππικη, ἱππικον, equestrian; τό ἱππικον, the horse(-men), cavalry: Rev_9:16 (as Herodotus 7, 87; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, others; more fully τό ἱππικον στράτευμα, Xenophon, Cyril 3, 3, 26; so τό πεζικον, the foot(-forces), infantry, Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 38).

ἱππικός hippikos 1x equestri an; τὸ ἱππικόν , cavalry, horse, Rev_9:16

** ἱππικός , -ή , -όν ( < ἵππος ), [in LXX : 1Ma_15:33 , 3Ma_1:1 * ;] of a horse or of horsemen, equestrian; as subst ., τὸ ἱ ( sc . στράτευμα ), cavalry: Heb_9:16 .†

ἱππικός [page 306] In BGU II. 447 .13 (A.D.173 4) there is a reference to a certain Valerius Aphrodisius στρ (ατιώτου ) σπείρης ᾱ [ἱπ ]πι [κῆς , soldier in the first cavalry regiment. The words τὴ ]ν ἱππικήν , inserted above the line in P Petr III. 34( a ) .5 , may, according to the editor, mean the stable. Other exx. of the adj. are P Oxy III. 482 .18 (A.D.109) ἐν ἱππικῷ σταθμῷ , in cavalry barracks, ib. 506 .24 (A.D. 143) ἱππικοῦ κλήρου , a horseman s holding, and ib. IV. 741 .11 (ii/A.D.) ἱππικὸν ᾱ , apparently with reference to a σανδάλιον , strap, belt.

ἱππικός, -ή, -όν (ἵππος), [in LXX: 1Ma.15:33, 3Ma.1:1 * ;] of a horse or of horsemen, equestrian; as subst., τὸ ἱ (sc. στράτευμα), cavalry: Heb.9:16.† (AS)