ὁπλότερος
hoploteros
the younger
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὁπλότερος, α, ον, Comp. without any Posit. in use, Ep. for νεώτερος,
‹ All lexicon entries the younger, always of persons, Il. 4.325, Od. 21.370, 10.71 ; ὁπλότερος γενεῇ younger by birth, Il. 2.707, Od. 19.184 : fem. gen. pl. ὁπλοτεράων Il. 14.267, 275: Sup., youngest, ὁπλότατος γενεῆφιν 9.58 ; ὁ. θυγάτηρ Od. 7.58, cf. 11.283, Th. 946, I. 6(5).6, al. : Pax 1270-1 uses the Comp. in mock heroic lines.—The orig. sense was perh. capable of bearing arms; and so ὁπλότεροι would be the serviceable men, hence, the young men, opp. the old men and children, Il. 3.108, Epigr. 4.5 ; then simply, younger or youngest, hence of women, Νέστορος ὁπλοτάτη θυγάτηρ Od. 3.465, etc. ; then, as the youngest are the last born, ἄνδρες ὁπλότεροι also means the latter generations, men of later days, 16.46 ; ὁπλοτέρου τʼ Ἀχιλῆος ἀκούομεν Εὐρυλόχοιο 80.