ἱππεύς

Ancient Greek

ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, suffix for masculine person concerned)

ἱππεύς • (hippeús) m (genitive ἱππέως or ἱππῆος); third declension

(Epic, Ionic, Aeolic, Attic, Koine)

charioteer (chariot-driver or person fighting from a chariot)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.810:
  ἐκ δ' ἔσσυτο λαὸς / πεζοί θ' ἱππῆές τε·
  ek d' éssuto laòs / pezoí th' hippêés te;
  the people swept out, both footsoldiers and charioteers
rider (of a horse), horseman, cavalryman
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.88
(in the plural) knights (early Greek aristocracy)
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 4.1297b.18:
  ἡ πρώτη δὲ πολιτεία ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰς βασιλείας ἐκ τῶν πολεμούντων, ἡ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐκ τῶν ἱππέων […]
  hē prṓtē dè politeía en toîs Héllēsin egéneto metà tàs basileías ek tôn polemoúntōn, hē mèn ex arkhês ek tôn hippéōn […]
  After the kingdoms, the first type of state among the Greeks arose from the military: in the beginning from the knights […]
A translation of Latin eques.

Third declension of ὁ ἱππεύς; τοῦ ἱππέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἱππεύς ho hippeús	τὼ ἱππῆ tṑ hippê	οἱ ἱππῆς / ἱππεῖς hoi hippês / hippeîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἱππέως toû hippéōs	τοῖν ἱππέοιν toîn hippéoin	τῶν ἱππέων tôn hippéōn
Dative	τῷ ἱππεῖ tôi hippeî	τοῖν ἱππέοιν toîn hippéoin	τοῖς ἱππεῦσῐ / ἱππεῦσῐν toîs hippeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἱππέᾱ tòn hippéā	τὼ ἱππῆ tṑ hippê	τοὺς ἱππέᾱς toùs hippéās
Vocative	ἱππεῦ hippeû	ἱππῆ hippê	ἱππῆς / ἱππεῖς hippês / hippeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἱππεύς; ἱππῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἱππεύς hippeús	ἱππῆε hippêe	ἱππῆες hippêes
Genitive	ἱππῆος / ἱππέος hippêos / hippéos	ἱππήοιῐν hippḗoiin	ἱππήων hippḗōn
Dative	ἱππῆῐ̈ / ἱππέῐ̈ hippêï / hippéï	ἱππήοιῐν hippḗoiin	ἱππήεσσῐ / ἱππήεσσῐν / ἱππεῦσῐ / ἱππεῦσῐν hippḗessi(n) / hippeûsi(n)
Accusative	ἱππῆᾰ / ἱππέᾰ hippêa / hippéa	ἱππῆε hippêe	ἱππῆᾰς hippêas
Vocative	ἱππεῦ hippeû	ἱππῆε hippêe	ἱππῆες hippêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

ἱππεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἱππεύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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