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ὅπλον

hoplon

tool, implement

Appears 74 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὅπλον, τό, A. tool, implement, mostly in pl., like ἔντεα, τεύχεα: (prob. from ἕπω A): I. a shipʼs tackle, tackling, Hom.(only in Od.), 2.390, al., Hes. Op. 627 ; esp. ropes, halyards, etc., δησάμενοι δʼ ἄρα ὅπλα Od. 2.430, etc.; in which sense Hom. twice uses the sg., rope, 14.346, 21.390: generally, any ropes, Hdt. 7.25, 9.115, Hp. Art. 78. II. tools, strictly so called, in Hom. esp. of smiths’ tools, Il. 18.409,412 ; in full, ὅπλα χαλκήϊα Od. 3.433 : in sg., ὅπλον ἀρούρης sickle, AP 6.95 (Antiphil) ; ὅπλον γεροντικόν staff, Call. Epigr. 1.7 ; δείπνων ὅπλον ἑτοιμότατον, of the wine-flask, AP 6.248 (Marc. Arg.). III. in pl., also, implements of war, arms and armour, Hom. (only in Il.), αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πάνθʼ ὅπλα κάμε, of the arms of Achilles, 18.614, cf. 19.21 ; ὅπλοισιν ἔνι δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην 10.254,272 ; so in Pi. N. 8.27, IG 12.1.9, E. Hec. 14, etc.: rarely in sg., weapon, οὐδέ τι ἀρήϊον ὅπλον ἐκτέαται Hdt. 4.23, cf. 174, E. HF 161,570,942, Pl. R. 474a, X. Cyr. 7.4.15 ; ποτὶ πονηρὸν οὐκ ἄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία [Epich.]275 ; piece of armour, D.S. 3.49. 2. the large shield, from which the men-at-arms took their name of ὁπλῖται (εἰκόνα γραπτὴν ἐν ὅπλῳ IG 22.1012.18 (ii B. C.), cf. IGRom. 4.1302.35 (Cyme, i B. C./i A. D.), Th. 7.75, D.S. 15.44, 17.18); ὅπλον στύππινον IGΙΙ(2).203 B 99 (Delos, iii B. C.) : metaph., τῆς πενίας ὅπλον ἡ παρρησία Nicostr.Com. 29; ὅ. μέγιστον . . ἁρετὴ βροτοῖς Men. Mon. 433, cf. 619. 3. in pl., also, heavy arms, Hdt. 9.53 ; ὅπλων ἐπιστάτης, = ὁπλίτης, opp. κώπης ἄναξ, A. Pers. 379 ; ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ πλέον ἀλλὰ δαπάνης Th. 1.83 ; ὅπλα παραδοῦναι Id. 4.69 ; ὅπλα ἀποβάλλειν Ar. V. 27, etc. 4. ὅπλα, = ὁπλῖται, men-at-arms, πολλῶν μεθʼ ὅπλων S. Ant. 115 (lyr.): and freq. in Prose, ἐξέτασιν ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι to have a muster of the men-at-arms, Th. 4.74, etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός, opp. ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως, Decr. ap. D. 18.38, Decr.ib. 115 ; χειροτονηθεὶς ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. πρῶτος . . στρατηγός IG 22.682.44 (iii B. C.); στρατηγεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. SIG 697 E (Delph., ii B. C.), etc. 5. τὰ ὅ. the place of arms, camp, ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅ. Lys. 13.12, cf.X. Cyr. 7.2.5, etc.; ἐκ τῶν ὅ. προϊέναι Th. 1.111, cf. 3.1. 6. Phrases : ἐνέδυνον (v.l. ἐνέδυντο) τὰ ὅ. Hdt. 7.218, etc.; ἐν ὅπλοισι εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be in arms, under arms, Id. 1.13, cf.E. Ba. 303, Th. 6.56 ; ἐν ὄπλοισι [ἰππομ]άχεντας Sapph. Supp. 5.19 ; ἐν ὅπλοις μάχεσθαι Pl. Grg. 456d ; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις μάχη Id. Lg. 833e ; ποιῆσαι ἐξέτασιν ἐν ὅπλοις Decr. ap. Arist. Ath. 31.2 ; εἰς τὰ ὅ. παραγγέλλειν X. An. 1.5.13 ; ἐφʼ ὅπλοις or παρʼ ὅπλοις ἧσθαι, E. Supp. 674,357 ; μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις X. Cyr. 7.2.8 ; for ὅπλα ῥίπτειν, ἀφιέναι, κατατίθεσθαι, v. sub vocc. ; for ὅπλα τίθεσθαι, v. τίθημι. IV. of the arms possessed by animals for self-defence, [τὸν ἄνθρωπον] οὐκ ἔχοντα ὅπλον πρὸς τὴν ἀλκήν Arist. PA 687a25, cf. b4, al. V. membrum virile, Nic. Fr. 74.30, APl. 16.242 (Eryc.), Hsch. VI. a gymnastic exercise, the last which came on in the games, Artem. 1.63.
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