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单词 hoplite
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hopliten.

Brit. /ˈhɒplʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈhɑˌplaɪt/
Etymology: < Greek ὁπλίτης, < ὅπλον weapon, piece of armour, heavy shield, plural ὅπλα arms: see -ite suffix1.
A heavy-armed foot-soldier of ancient Greece.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Painting which represented two Hoplites.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 141 The Hoplites, or heavy-armed infantry of historical Greece, maintained a close order and well-dressed line.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 408 Ares appears as a hoplite.

Derivatives

hoplitic adj. /hɒˈplɪtɪk/ belonging to or resembling a hoplite.
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1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 251 The heavy-armed Hoplitic angler, as he may be called, returns generally from his expedition laden only with disappointment.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 493 Then the oplitic troop to goad, Who bend beneath their chargers' load.
hoˈplitics n. the drilling of hoplites.Apparently an isolated use.
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1886 H. Sidgwick Outl. Hist. Ethics ii. 21 New pedantries of ‘tactics’ and ‘hoplitics’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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