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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὅπλον (hóplon, “tool, arms”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho.plɛ̌ː/ → /oˈpli/ → /oˈpli/
Noun
ὁπλή • (hoplḗ) f (genitive ὁπλῆς); first declension
- hoof
Usage notes
Homer always uses ὁπλή for solid hooves, such as those of a horse or ass. Later writers also use it for cloven hooves, such as those of a cow.
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References
- “ὁπλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὁπλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὁπλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὁπλή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ὁπλή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- LSJ 8th edition