Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁπλομάχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλομάχος ὁπλομάχον

Structure: ὁπλομαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fighting in heavy arms
  2. one who teaches the use of arms, a drill-sergeant

Examples

  • καὶ τοῦτο περιὼν χρηννύναι τοῖσ φιλοσόφοισ, τοῖσ σοφισταῖσ, τοῖσ ὁπλομάχοισ, τοῖσ ἁρμονικοῖσ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι· (Theophrastus, Characters, 10:1)
  • εὐπορώτατα δὲ καὶ ἐκεῖνα Λακεδαιμόνιοι ποιοῦσι τὰ τοῖσ ὁπλομάχοισ πάνυ δοκοῦντα χαλεπὰ εἶναι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 9:1)

Related

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

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