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ὁπλή

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the unsplit hoof of a horse

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὁπλή · hoplē — Beekes

ὁπλή [f.] ‘the unsplit hoof of a horse’ (A 536 = Y 501), ‘the split hoof of oxen, cattle’ (ἡ. Merc., Hes., Pi, IA). «Ὁ» eDER ὁπλή-εις ‘with hooves’ (Poeta apud D. Chr. 32, 85). 1092 ὁπλίας *ETYM Unexplained. The formally obvious connection with ὅπλον is semantically hard to explain. Connection with ἀπλή ‘simple’, with *sy7- > ὁ-, could be envisaged, although the conditions of this development would remain unclear. — [Beekes, s.v. ὁπλή, p. 1142]

2. ὁπλή · hoplē — Chantraine

ὁπλή : f. «sabot», dit toujours du cheval chez Hom. (IL 11,536 = 20,501, Ar., etc), après Homère dit du pied fendu des bovins (H. Hermès 77, Hés., Pi,, ion.-att.), le terme propre étant χηλὴ ; dit aussi du porc (Sémon., Ar.}); glosé aussi par Hsch. αἱ πυξίδες (?). Adj. ὁπλήεις « pourvu d'un sabot » (poëte chez D. Chrys. 32, 86). “Ori : subsiste en grec moderne. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὁπλή, p. 826]

3. ὠπλή · ōplē — LSJ

blow of the hand

blow of the hand, Hsch. (dub.).

4. ὁπλή · hoplē — LSJ

hoof, the solid hoof, the cloven hoof

hoof, in Hom. always the solid hoof of the horse, Il. 11.536, 20.501, cf. Ar. Eq. 605, Porph. Abst. 3.9 : after Hom., like χηλή, the cloven hoof of horned cattle, h.Merc. 77, Hes. Op. 489, Pi. P. 4.226, Hdt. 2.71, Pl. R. 586b, Arist. HA 575b8 ; τοῦ βοὸς ὁπλά SIG 1026.19 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.) ; of swine, Semon. 28, Ar. Ach. 740 ; of sheep, Arist. Fr. 253 :—distd. from χηλή, Gal. UP 3.4.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὁπλή (scan pp. 1142-1143; entry #4605).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὁπλή (scan p. 826; entry #5976).

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