Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁπλιτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλιτικός ὁπλιτική ὁπλιτικόν

Structure: ὁπλιτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o(pli/_ths

Sense

  1. of or for a man-at-arms
  2. the art of using heavy arms, the soldier's art, as a man-at-arms
  3. fit for service, the soldiery

Examples

  • ἐσχηματοποίηται οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ εἰσ ἓν καὶ ὤρθωται, καὶ παράκειται τῷ ὁμοίῳ ταῖσ ἱππικαῖσ, ἥτισ ἱππεύοι, καὶ ταῖσ ὁπλιτικαῖσ, ἥτισ ἂν ἄριστα σωμάτων ἔχοι. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 4:6)
  • ἀσκῆσαι δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ βουλόμενοσ ἆθλα προὔθηκε καὶ ταῖσ ἱππικαῖσ τάξεσιν, ἥτισ κράτιστα ἂν ἱππεύοι, καὶ ταῖσ ὁπλιτικαῖσ, ἥτισ ἂν ἄριστα σωμάτων ἔχοι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 27:2)
  • ἀσκῆσαι δ’ αὐτὸ βουλόμενοσ ἆθλα προύθηκε ταῖσ τε ὁπλιτικαῖσ τάξεσιν, ἥτισ ἄριστα σωμάτων ἔχοι, καὶ ταῖσ ἱππικαῖσ, ἥτισ κράτιστα ἱππεύοι· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 21:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a man-at-arms

  2. fit for service

Related

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

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