ἱπποκόμος

hippokomos

groom, esquire, who attended the ἱππεύς in war

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12339
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13132
Book 16 3
Chapter ?

16216
16338
16797

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἱπποκόμος, ὁ, (κομέω)

groom, esquire, who attended the ἱππεύς in war, Hdt. 3.85, 88, X. HG 2.4.6: generally, groom, Pl. Plt. 261d, PSI 4.371.13 (iii B.C.), Plb. 13.8.3, etc.; ἱ. τῶν καμήλων Philostr. VA 2.1.

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.

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