ὁπλίτης: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=ὁπλί¯της, ου, ὁ, [[ὅπλον]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[heavy]]-[[armed]], [[armed]], [[δρόμος]] ὁπλ. a [[race]] of men in [[armour]], opp. to the [[naked]] [[race]], Pind.; ὁπλ. [[στρατός]] an [[armed]] [[host]], Eur.; ὁπλ. [[κόσμος]] [[warrior]]-[[dress]], [[armour]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as Subst., a [[heavy]]-[[armed]] [[foot]]-[[soldier]], man-at-[[arms]], who carried a [[large]] [[shield]] ([[ὅπλον]]), [[whence]] the [[name]], as the [[light]]-[[armed]] [[foot]]-[[soldier]] (πελταστήσ) had his from the [[light]] [[πέλτη]], Hdt., [[attic]]; ὁπλῖται are opp. to ψιλοί, Hdt., Thuc.