1. in Poets, esp. Ep.,
a. on foot, walking, πεζοί fighters on foot, opp. those in chariots, “πεζοί θ᾽ ἱππῆές τε” Il. 8.59, cf. 5.13,11.150 ; “πλῆτο δὲ πᾶν πεδίον πεζῶν τε καὶ ἵππων” Od.17.436, cf.9.50.
b. on land, going by land, opp. sea-faring, esp.in Od. ; “εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλεις π., πάρα τοι δίφρος τε καὶ ἵπποι” 3.324 ; “οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σε πεζὸν ὀΐομαι ἐνθάδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι” 1.173 ; “ἔφθης πεζὸς ἰὼν ἢ ἐγὼ σὺν νηῒ μελαίνῃ” 11.58, cf. Pi.P.10.29 ; ἐν νηῒ θοῇ ἢ π. Il.24.438.
a. sts. infantry, opp. cavalry (ἡ ἵππος), Hdt.1.80, 4.128 ; “σὺν δυνάμει καὶ π. καὶ ἱππικῇ” X.Cyr.2.4.18 ; but,
b. more freq.land-force, army, opp. naval force, Hdt.4.97, 6.95, Th.1.47, 2.94, etc. ; τὸ π. v.l. in Hdt.7.81 ; στρατιὰ καὶ ναυτικὴ καὶ π. Th.6.33, cf. 7.16 (and v. πεζικός)“ ; ἡ π. στρατιὰ καὶ τὸ ναυτικόν” Lys.2.34, cf. A. Pers.558 (lyr.), 719, 728 (both troch.) ; οἱ μὲν ἐφ᾽ ἵππων, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπὶ ναῶν, πεζοί τε βάδην ib.19 ; τὰ π. κράτιστοι strongest by land, Th.4.12 ; “καὶ ναυσὶ καὶ πεζοῖσι” Ar.Ach.622 ; “π. μάχαισιν” Id.Eq.567 ; ἡ π. μάχη battle by land, Pl.Lg.707c ; ἐν τοῖς ναυτικοῖς κινδύνοις, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς π. Isoc.4.91.
3. of animals, land, opp. birds and fishes, τὰ π. καὶ τὰ πτηνά beasts and birds, Pl.Smp.207a, cf. Plt.264e ; π. καὶ ἔνυδρον ib. 288a, cf. Lg.823b, Arist.Top.143b1, etc. ; “ἡ π. θήρα” Pl.Sph.222b, cf. Lg.824a.
II. metaph. (cf. “αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Μουσέων πεζὸς ἔπειμι νομόν” Call.Aet.4.1.9), of language, prosaic, λόγοι π. prose (cf. 111.3), D.H. Comp.6, Paus.4.6.1 ; διὰ πεζῶν [λ.] Phld.Mus.p.87 K. ; “λόγος” POxy. 724.10 (ii A. D.) ; “ἡ π. διάλεκτος” D.H. Comp.3 ; ἡ π. λέξις ib.1 ; opp. ἡ ἔμμετρος, ib.4 ; ἡ π. alone, Str.1.2.6 ; “τινὰ καὶ πεζὰ καὶ ἐν ἔπεσι ποιήματα” D.C.69.3 ; π. τις ποιητική, of bombastic prose, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 8 ; κομιδῇ πεζὸν καὶ χαμαιπετές ib.16, cf. Plu.2.853c ; τὰ ἄγαν π. καὶ κακόμετρα [ὀνόματα] ib.747f ; π. ὀνόματα, opp. ποιητικά, Demetr.Eloc. 167.
2. of verse, unaccompanied by music, “καὶ πεζὰ καὶ φορμικτά” S.Fr.16 ; πεζῷ γόῳ: ἄνευ αὐλοῦ ἢ λύρας, Phot. ; cf. 111.2.
b. more commonly, by land, Hdt.2.159, Th.2.94, etc. ; π. ἕπεσθαι to follow by land, Hdt. 7.110,115 ; “στρατιὰν μέλλων π. πορεύσειν” Th.4.132 ; “π. πορεύεσθαι” X.An.5.6.1 ; οὔτε π. οὔτε κατὰ θάλατταν ib.5.6.10 ; καὶ π. καὶ ναυμαχοῦντες by land and by sea, D.3.24.