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ὁπλο-μάχος

oplomachos

fighting in heavy arms

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ὁπλο-μάχος · hoplo-machos — LSJ

fighting in heavy arms

fighting in heavy arms, X. Lac. 11.8, Plb. 2.65.11, LXX Is. 13.5 ; -χοι ἄνδρες Alciphr. 1.11.

II one who teaches the use of arms, drill-sergeant

Subst. ὁ., ὁ, one who teaches the use of arms, drill-sergeant, opp. a mere fencing-master, Thphr. Char. 5.10, Teles p.50 H., PCair.Zen. 298 (iii B. C.), SIG 697 E 11 (Delph., ii B. C.).

In the wild

ὁπλομάχος · hoplomachos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8731)
ὁπλομάχοι · hoplomachoi Septuaginta, Isaias 13
ὁπλομάχῳ · hoplomachōi Septuaginta, Isaias 13
ὁπλομάχοις · hoplomachois Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 11.8 (DIORISIS sentence 184)

Where it came from

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