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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

  • αὐτίκα τῶν πεζῶν ἡ ὅπλισισ, ὥσ γε δὴ ἐσ τὰ ἀνωτάτω τεμεῖν, τριχῆ νενέμηται, ἔσ τε τὸ ὁπλιτικὸν καὶ ἐσ τὸ ψιλὸν καὶ ἐσ τὸ πελταστικόν. (Arrian, chapter 3 1:2)
  • μετ̓ οὐ πολὺ μύριοι, καὶ τὸ πᾶν εἰσ πέντε μυριάδασ τὸ ὁπλιτικόν, ἱππεῖσ δὲ ἀμφὶ τοὺσ πεντακισχιλίουσ. (Lucian, 49:1)
  • ἐπὶ μετώπου μὲν τὸ ὁπλιτικόν, παῤ ἑκάτερα δὲ οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ τοξόται, οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι κατόπιν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:8)
  • Ἑλλήνων κρατεῖν ἔργον ἦν, Βοιωτῶν καὶ Φωκέων καὶ Ἀθηναίων, καὶ τὸ Ἀρκάδων ὁπλιτικὸν καὶ τὴν Θετταλὴν ἵππον καὶ τοὺσ Ἠλείων ἀκοντιστὰσ καὶ τὸ Μαντινέων πελταστικὸν ἢ Θρᾷκασ ἢ Ἰλλυριοὺσ ἢ καὶ Παίονασ χειρώσασθαι, ταῦτα μεγάλα· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:2)
  • Κρατίνῳ τῷ Τιμοθέου μὲν ἀδελφῷ, ἐμῷ δ’ ἑταίρῳ, θώρακα δωρησώμεθα ὁπλιτικὸν τῶν μαλακῶν τῶν πεζῶν, καὶ ταῖσ κέβητοσ θυγατράσι χιτώνια τρία ἑπταπήχη, μὴ τῶν πολυτελῶν τῶν Ἀμοργίνων, ἀλλὰ τῶν Σικελικῶν τῶν λινῶν. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 27:1)

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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