ὁπλίτης

See also: οπλίτης

Ancient Greek
Ἀθηναῖος ὁπλίτης μεθ' ὅπλου.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ὅπλον (hóplon, “large shield”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὁπλῑ́της • (hoplī́tēs) m (genitive ὁπλῑ́του); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

  1. one who is armed, heavily armored
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar I.I.32
  2. a heavily armored foot soldier, man-at-arms, who carried a pike (δόρυ (dóru)) and a large shield (ὅπλον (hóplon))

Declension
First declension of ὁ ὁπλῑ́της; τοῦ ὁπλῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὁπλῑ́της
ho hoplī́tēs		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 οἱ ὁπλῖται
hoi hoplîtai
Genitive τοῦ ὁπλῑ́του
toû hoplī́tou		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τῶν ὁπλῑτῶν
tôn hoplītôn
Dative τῷ ὁπλῑ́τῃ
tôi hoplī́tēi		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τοῖς ὁπλῑ́ταις
toîs hoplī́tais
Accusative τὸν ὁπλῑ́την
tòn hoplī́tēn		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 τοὺς ὁπλῑ́τᾱς
toùs hoplī́tās
Vocative ὁπλῖτᾰ
hoplîta		 ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
hoplī́tā		 ὁπλῖται
hoplîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
First declension of ὁ ὁπλῑ́της; τοῦ ὁπλῑ́τεω (Ionic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὁπλῑ́της
ho hoplī́tēs		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 οἱ ὁπλῖται
hoi hoplîtai
Genitive τοῦ ὁπλῑ́τεω / ὁπλῑ́τω
toû hoplī́teō / hoplī́tō		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τῶν ὁπλῑτέων / ὁπλῑτῶν
tôn hoplītéōn / hoplītôn
Dative τῷ ὁπλῑ́τῃ
tôi hoplī́tēi		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ὁπλῑ́τῃσῐ / ὁπλῑ́τῃσῐν
toîsi(n) hoplī́tēisi(n)
Accusative τὸν ὁπλῑ́την
tòn hoplī́tēn		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 τοὺς ὁπλῑ́τᾱς
toùs hoplī́tās
Vocative ὁπλῖτᾰ
hoplîta		 ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
hoplī́tā		 ὁπλῖται
hoplîtai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
First declension of ὁ ὁπλῑ́τᾱς; τοῦ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ (Laconian)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὁπλῑ́τᾱς
ho hoplī́tās		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 τοὶ ὁπλῖται
toì hoplîtai
Genitive τοῦ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
toû hoplī́tā		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τῶν ὁπλῑτᾶν
tôn hoplītân
Dative τῷ ὁπλῑ́τᾳ
tôi hoplī́tāi		 τοῖν ὁπλῑ́ταιν
toîn hoplī́tain		 τοῖς ὁπλῑ́ταις
toîs hoplī́tais
Accusative τὸν ὁπλῑ́τᾱν
tòn hoplī́tān		 τὼ ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
tṑ hoplī́tā		 τὼς ὁπλῑ́τᾱς
tṑs hoplī́tās
Vocative ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
hoplī́tā		 ὁπλῑ́τᾱ
hoplī́tā		 ὁπλῖται
hoplîtai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: οπλίτης m (oplítis, “soldier”)

See also

Further reading
  • “ὁπλίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὁπλίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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