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hoplites

hoplites is the plural of hoplite.

Meaning of hoplite

Noun

hoplite (plural hoplites)

  1. (historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
    • […] it was in the line of "hoplites" that the mass of citizen-soldiers were to be found.1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 4, page 45

Questions about hoplites

What is hoplites the plural of?
Hoplites is the plural of hoplite.

Words near hoplites in the dictionary

  1. hopless
  2. Hopley
  3. hoplichthyid
  4. hoplichthyids
  5. hoplite
  6. hoplites
  7. hoplitic
  8. hoplitid
  9. hoplitids
  10. hoplitodromia
  11. hoplitodromoi

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