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)
  • 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)
  • καὶ πάλιν ὁ μάγαδισ ἐν ταὐτῷ ὀξὺν καὶ βαρὺν φθόγγον ἐπιδείκνυται, ὡσ Ἀναξανδρίδησ ἐν Ὁπλομάχῳ φησίν μαγάδι λαλήσω μικρὸν ἅμα σοι καὶ μέγα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 3511)

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

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