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hoplite definition

hop·lite (häp′līt′)

noun

a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece

Etymology: Gr hoplitēs < hoplon, a tool < hepein, to prepare, care for < IE base *sep-, to concern oneself with > Sans sápati, (he) woos, cultivates, L sepelire, to bury

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