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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

hoplite Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

more: Four more show hoplites using their swords, which were used for hand-to-hand combat if the spear was broken in the initial clash.

Modifies a noun

  • warfare: He offers what may be the most important statement in this section: " The term hoplite warfare is in some sense an abstraction.
  • guard: This had a single door with two hoplite guards at either side who, politely, denied them entrance.

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