ἐπιβήτωρ

epibetor

one who mounts

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιβήτωρ, ορος, , A. one who mounts, ἐ. ἵππων Od. 18.263, Simm. 1.3; νεὼς ἐπιβήτορα λαόν, = ἐπιβάτας, AP 7.498 (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.
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