ὁπλή

See also: οπλή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅπλον (hóplon, “tool, arms”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.plɛ̌ː/ → /oˈpli/ → /oˈpli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.plɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈple̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpli/

Noun

ὁπλή • (hoplḗ) f (genitive ὁπλῆς); first declension

1. hoof
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad II.536

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.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὁπλή; τῆς ὁπλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὁπλή hē hoplḗ	τὼ ὁπλᾱ́ tṑ hoplā́	αἱ ὁπλαί hai hoplaí
Genitive	τῆς ὁπλῆς tês hoplês	τοῖν ὁπλαῖν toîn hoplaîn	τῶν ὁπλῶν tôn hoplôn
Dative	τῇ ὁπλῇ têi hoplêi	τοῖν ὁπλαῖν toîn hoplaîn	ταῖς ὁπλαῖς taîs hoplaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὁπλήν tḕn hoplḗn	τὼ ὁπλᾱ́ tṑ hoplā́	τᾱ̀ς ὁπλᾱ́ς tā̀s hoplā́s
Vocative	ὁπλή hoplḗ	ὁπλᾱ́ hoplā́	ὁπλαί hoplaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (hoof): χηλή (khēlḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: οπλή (oplí)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hoof idem, page 405.
• LSJ 8th edition