ὁπλίτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, ([[ὅπλον]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hoplite]], [[heavy-armed]], [[armed]], [[ὀπλῖται δρόμοι]] = [[mailed races]], [[races of men in armour]], [[races of men in armor]], opp. the [[naked race]] (v. [[στάδιον]] <span class="bibl">II</span>), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.23</span>; called ὁ ὁπλίτης or simply [[ὁπλίτης]] (Dor., Arc. [[ὁπλίτας]]) in <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1120 (Geronthrae, v B. C.), 5(2).550.26 (Lycaeum, iv B. C.), etc. (= [[τοῦ ὅπλου δρόμος]], <span class="bibl">Paus.6.13.1</span>), cf. [[ὁπλιτοδρομέω]]; [[ἀνὴρ ὁπλίτης]], [[ὁπλίτης ἀνὴρ]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>717</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>585</span>, etc.; [[ὁπλίτης στρατός]] = an [[armed host]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>800</span>; [[ὁπλίτης κόσμος]] = [[warrior-dress]], [[armor]], [[armour]], ib.<span class="bibl">699</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly as [[substantive]], [[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. <span class="title">IG</span>12.116.25; [[ὁπλῖται]], opp. [[ψιλοί]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.106</span>; opp. [[γυμνῆτες]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.63</span>; opp. [[ἱππεῖς]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>552a</span>; opp. [[τοξόται]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Criti.</span>119b</span>; to be a [[ὁπλίτης]] implied the possession of full civic rights, hence [[οἱ ὁπλίται]], opp. [[οἱ βάναυσοι]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1326a23</span>; and, in oligarchical states, opp. ὁ [[δῆμος]], ib.<span class="bibl">1305b33</span>.</span>