The corpus record

ὁπλο-μᾰχέω

oplomacheo

serve as a man-at-arms: practise the use of arms

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Where it lives

Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Antidosis 1 · 0.57/10k

What it meant

ὁπλο-μᾰχέω · hoplo-macheō — LSJ

serve as a man-at-arms: practise the use of arms

serve as a man-at-arms: practise the use of arms, Isoc. 15.252, Arist. Ath. 42.3, Plu. Cam. 37, Gal. 6.42, etc.

II to be a drill-sergeant

to be a drill-sergeant (ὁπλομάχοςII), Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).7 (Cyrene), IG 2(2).957.47 (ii B. C.), 3.1085 (i A. D.).

In the wild

ὁπλομαχεῖν · hoplomachein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..42 (DIORISIS sentence 500)
ὁπλομαχεῖν · hoplomachein Isocrates, Antidosis 252 (DIORISIS sentence 511)

Where it came from

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