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ἄνοπλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνοπλος

Structure: ἀνοπλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without the o(/plon or large shield

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ γάρ, ὦ μακάριε, οὐκ ἐπείπερ οὕτω γυμνὰ τὰ σώματα ἐκπονοῦμεν τῶν νέων, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἄνοπλα ἐξάγομεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὰν καθ’ αὑτοὺσ ἄριστοι γένωνται, ἀσκοῦνται τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο σὺν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ, καὶ πολὺ ἄμεινον χρήσαιντ’ ἂν αὐτοῖσ οὕτω διακείμενοι. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 34:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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