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hoplite|ˈhɒplaɪt|
[ad. Gr. ὁπλῑ́της, f. ὅπλον weapon, piece of armour, heavy shield, pl. ὅπλα arms: see -ite.]
A heavy-armed foot-soldier of ancient Greece.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., A painting which represented two hoplites. 1846Grote Greece i. xx. (1849) II. 143 The hoplites, or heavy-armed infantry of historical Greece, maintained a close order and well-dressed line. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 408 Ares appears as a hoplite.
Hence hoplitic |hɒˈplɪtɪk| a., belonging to or resembling a hoplite; hoˈplitics (nonce-wd.), the drilling of hoplites.
1851Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 251 The heavy-armed Hoplitic angler, as he may be called, returns generally from his expedition laden only with disappointment. 1886Sidgwick Hist. Ethics ii. 21 New pedantries of ‘tactics’ and ‘hoplitics’. |
