ὁπλίτης

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

one who is armed, heavily armored
a heavily armored foot soldier, man-at-arms, who carried a pike (δόρυ (δόρυ)) and a large shield (ὅπλον (ὅπλον))

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek ὅπλον (large shield, shield, weapon, implements of war, tool).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ὅπλον

Gloss

large shield, shield, weapon, implements of war, tool

Concept

Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

具

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

hoplita Latin
hopliet Dutch, Flemish
μῦς Ancient Greek
ἔνοπλος Ancient Greek
ὅπλον Ancient Greek
hoplita Portuguese
οπλουργός Greek (modern)
όπλο Greek (modern)