ὁπλίτης: Difference between revisions

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