ἐπιβήτωρ
epibetor
one who mounts
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιβήτωρ, ορος, ὁ, A. one who mounts, ἐ. ἵππων Od. 18.263, 1.3; νεὼς ἐπιβήτορα λαόν, = ἐπιβάτας, AP 7.498 (Antip.(?)); ἐ. κύκλων, of the Trojan horse, 307. 2. of male animals, e.g.a boar, συῶν ἐπιβήτωρ Od. 11.131; of a bull, 25.128. II. as Adj., springing, D. 20.113. 2. metaph., at home in, master of a thing, θηροδιδασκαλίης 4.245; dwelling in, ὕλης οὐρανίας κτλ. Fr. 353.
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