Ὁπλίτης
hoplite, soldier
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Feb 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
In Thucydides [this word] is used for someone not rowing; but nau/ths ["sailor"] [is used] as a participant in the rowing.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁπλίτης· ὡς μὴ ἐρέσσων παραλαμβάνεται παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ· ὁ δὲ ναύτης ὡς κοινωνὸς τῆς εἰρεσίας ἀναλαμβάνεται.
Betacode
*(opli/ths: w(s mh\ e)re/sswn paralamba/netai para\ *qoukudi/dh|: o( de\ nau/ths w(s koinwno\s th=s ei)resi/as a)nalamba/netai.
Notes
- From a scholion on Thucydides 7.26.1 (for which see web address 1).
cf. omicron 465, omicron 466.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ο465Ὁπλιστήςwarrior, hoplite, warrior's[Meaning] the man [sc. named] from his arms [hopla]. [...] having lost all [your] warrior's gear [...]."
- ο466Ὁπλῖταιhoplites[Hoplites,] peltasts, light-armed: these are constituents of the infantry fighting-force, but they present differences. "Hoplites" is the term for those who use heavy equipment in the Macedonian manner, with round…
- ο467Ὁπλιτεύεινto serve as a hoplite[Meaning] to bear arms.
- π230Παντευχίαfull armourFull armour ['panoply'].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 5 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; another x-ref — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth