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

  • φωνὴ ἐθνῶν πολλῶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων, ὁμοία ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, φωνὴ βασιλέων καὶ ἐθνῶν συνηγμένων. Κύριοσ σαβαὼθ ἐντέταλται ἔθνει ὁπλομάχῳ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 13:4)
  • ἔρχεσθαι ἐκ γῆσ πόρρωθεν ἀπ̓ ἄκρου θεμελίου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Κύριοσ καὶ οἱ ὁπλομάχοι αὐτοῦ, τοῦ καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 13:5)
  • ὁ γὰρ σατράπησ μέγιστοσ ὤν, ὁπλομάχων ἄριστοσ δοκῶν εἶναι, καταφρονήσασ τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ, προπηδήσασ ἐσ τὸ μέσον προὐκαλεῖτο εἴ τισ ἐθέλοι αὐτῷ μονομαχῆσαι. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:3)
  • παρὰ Στησιχόρῳ, ὁπλομάχοσ, τειχομάχοσ, πυργομάχοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 41 3:2)
  • ὁ μάγαδισ ὀνομαζόμενοσ ἐν ταὐτῷ ὀξὺν καὶ βαρὺν φθόγγον ἐπιδείκνυται, ὡσ Ἀναξανδρίδησ ἐν Ὁπλομάχῳ φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 80 1:3)
  • τέταρτοσ ὁπλομάχοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 26:7)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION