ὁπλῑ́της
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὁπλῑ́της
ὁπλῑ́του
Structure:
ὁπλῑτ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Sense
- one who is armed, heavily armored
- a heavily armored foot soldier, man-at-arms, who carried a pike (δόρυ (dóru)) and a large shield (ὅπλον (hóplon))
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ὁπλιτικῷ τετάχθω τὸ συμμαχικόν, οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῆσ σμικρᾶσ Ἀρμενίασ καὶ Τραπεζουντίων, οἱ ὁπλῖται καὶ οἱ Κόλχοι καὶ Ῥιζιανοὶ οἱ λογχοφόροι. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 10:1)
- νῦν δὲ ξὺν ὅπλοισ ἄνδρεσ ὁπλῖται διαταξάμενοι κατὰ τὰσ διόδουσ σκοπιωροῦνται, τὼ δὲ δύ’ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραισ ὥσπερ με γαλῆν κρέα κλέψασαν τηροῦσιν ἔχοντ’ ὀβελίσκουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, pnigos2)
- οἱ δ’ αὖ παρ’ ἡμῶν δεξιὸν Διὸσ τέρασ ἰδόντεσ ἐξήλαυνον ἁρμάτων ὄχουσ ἱππῆσ ὁπλῖται, κἀσ μέσ’ Ἀργείων ὅπλα συνῆψαν ἔγχη· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 12:2)
- ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀρσακόμασ ἐν τούτοισ ἦν, καὶ ἠθροίσθησαν αὐτῷ ἱππεὶσ μὲν ἀμφὶ τοὺσ πεντακισχιλίουσ, ὁπλῖται δὲ καὶ πεζοὶ συναμφότεροι δισμύριοι . (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 47:7)
- εἴκοσι μὲν ὁπλῖται διέβησαν καὶ τετρακόσιοι οἱ πάντεσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 13 3:3)
