1.on foot, πεζοί fighters on foot, opp. to horsemen, Hom.:—also on land, going by land, opp. to sea-faring, id=Hom.:—so, ὁ πεζὸς στρατός, or ὁ πεζός alone, sometimes foot-soldiery, infantry, opp. to cavalry (ἡ ἵππος), Hdt., Xen.
2.ὁ πεζός, also, a land-force or army, opp. to a naval force, Hdt., Thuc.; so, τὸ πεζόν Hdt.; στρατιὰ καὶ ναυτικὴ καὶ πεζή Thuc.; τὰ πεζὰ κράτιστοι strongest by land, id=Thuc.
II.metaph. of language, not rising above the ground, prosaic, Luc.
2.by land, Thuc.