Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὁπλότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλότερος ὁπλότερᾱ ὁπλότερον

Structure: ὁπλοτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the younger, younger

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ὑμῖν κραδίη πόλεμον ποθεῖ, αἵματι δὲ χρὴ νεῖκοσ ἀναρρήξαντασ ὁμοίιον ἔγχεα λοῦσαι, Ἴδασ μὲν καὶ ὅμαιμοσ ἐμόσ, κρατερὸσ Πολυδεύκησ, χεῖρασ ἐρωήσουσιν ἀπεχθομένησ ὑσμίνησ, νῶι δ’, ἐγὼ Κάστωρ τε, διακρινώμεθ’ ἄρηι ὁπλοτέρω γεγαῶτε. (Theocritus, Idylls, 110)

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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