Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁπλότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλότερος ὁπλότερᾱ ὁπλότερον

Structure: ὁπλοτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the younger, younger

Examples

  • λίσσοντο δὲ παῖδασ Ἄβαντοσ γᾶν πολύκριθον λαχόντασ Τίρυνθα τὸν ὁπλότερον κτίζειν, πρὶν ἐσ ἀργαλέαν πεσεῖν ἀνάγκαν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 5:2)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ μὴ κλίνασ καμάτῳ πόδα, πάντα δ’ ἀγῶνι ἅλικα νικήσασ, ὁπλότερον, πρότερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 51 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. the younger

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

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