ὁπλίτης
hoplites
heavy-armed, armed
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὁπλίτης, ου, ὁ, (ὅπλον) A. heavy-armed, armed, ὁ. δρόμοι races of men in armour, opp. the naked race (v. στάδιον II), I. 1.23 ; called ὁ ὁ. or simply ὁπλίτης (Dor., -τας) in IG 5(1).1120 (Geronthrae, v B. C.), 5(2).550.26 (Lycaeum, iv B. C.), etc. (= τοῦ ὅπλου δρόμος, 6.13.1), cf. ὁπλιτοδρομέω; ἀνὴρ ὁ. Th. 717, Supp. 585, etc.; ὁ. στρατός an armed host, Heracl. 800 ; ὁ. κόσμος warrior-dress, armour, ib.699. II. mostly as Subst., ὁπλίτης, ὁ, heavy-armed foot-soldier, man-at-arms, who carried a pike (δόρυ) and a large shield (ὅπλον), Ἀθηναίων οἱ στρατηγοὶ καὶ . . οἱ ὁ. IG 12.116.25 ; ὁπλῖται, opp. ψιλοί, 9.30, 1.106 ; opp. γυμνῆτες, 9.63 ; opp. ἱππεῖς, R. 552a ; opp. τοξόται, Criti. 119b ; to be a ὁπλίτης implied the possession of full civic rights, hence οἱ ὁ., opp. οἱ βάναυσοι, Pol. 1326a23 ; and, in oligarchical states, opp. ὁ δῆμος, ib.1305b33.
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