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ὁπλότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπλότερος ὁπλότερᾱ ὁπλότερον

Structure: ὁπλοτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the younger, younger

Examples

  • μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ λόγοσ ἐν γήρᾳ, φιλεῖ ἐντελῆ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν ἀκμήν, εἲ γε ἀληθῆ ὑμῶν οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσιν, ὅτι αἱ μὲν τῶν ὁπλοτέρων φρένεσ ἠερέθονται, τὸ δὲ γῆρασ ἔχει; (Lucian, Hercules, 4:5)
  • νῦν αὖθ’ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν ἀρχώμεθα ‐ παῦσαι ὁπλοτέρουσ ᾆδον, καὶ ταῦτ ὦ τρισκακόδαιμον εἰρήνησ οὔσησ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode, dactyls1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἡ μὲν λίπετ’ αὖθι παρακλιδόν, οἱᾶ γεραιὴ ὁπλοτέρων, ὁ δὲ πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶσ ἐλιάσθη. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 6:29)
  • εἰσ σὲ καὶ ἀψευδὴσ ἐψεύσατο βίβλοσ Ὁμήρου, ὁπλοτέρων ἐνέπουσα μετήορα δήνεα φωτῶν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3561)
  • ἀλλὰ παλαιοτέρων εἰδὼσ κλέοσ, ἐσθλὲ Κάμιλλε, γνῶθι καὶ ὁπλοτέρων τὴν ὀλιγοστιχίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 2 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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