Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁπλοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλοφόρος ὁπλοφόρον

Structure: ὁπλοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing arms: a warrior, soldier

Examples

  • συντίθεται δὲ ὁ Σαούλου παῖσ τῷ ὁπλοφόρῳ, κρύφα πορευθέντεσ αὐτοὶ εἰσ τὴν τῶν πολεμίων παρεμβολὴν ἐκδραμεῖν καὶ ταραχὴν ἐμποιῆσαι καὶ θόρυβον [αὐτοῖσ]. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 140:2)

Synonyms

  1. bearing arms

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

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