hoplite — [ ɔplit ] n. m. • 1732; lat. hoplites, mot gr., de hoplon « arme » ♦ Didact. Fantassin pesamment armé, dans l Antiquité grecque. ● hoplite nom masculin (grec hoplitês, armé) Soldat d infanterie de la Grèce antique, pesamment armé. (L armement… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Hoplite — Hop lite, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? tool, weapon: cf. F. hoplite.] (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy armed infantry soldier. Milford … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoplite — heavy armed foot soldier of ancient Greece, 1727, from Gk. hoplites heavy armed, from hoplon tool, weapon … Etymology dictionary
hoplite — ► NOUN ▪ a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece. ORIGIN Greek hoplit s, from hoplon weapon … English terms dictionary
hoplite — [häp′līt΄] n. [Gr hoplitēs < hoplon, a tool < hepein, to prepare, care for < IE base * sep , to concern oneself with > Sans sápati, (he) woos, cultivates, L sepelire, to bury] a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece … English World dictionary
Hoplite — The word hoplite (Greek: polytonic|ὁπλίτης hoplitēs ; pl. polytonic|ὁπλίται hoplitai ) derives from hoplon (polytonic|ὅπλον, plural hopla polytonic|ὅπλα), meaning an item of armour or equipment, thus hoplite may approximate to armoured man .… … Wikipedia
Hoplite — Gravure d une statuette en bronze d hoplite L’hoplite (en grec ancien ὁπλίτης / hoplítês, de ὅπλον / hóplon « arme » ; l h français n … Wikipédia en Français
hoplite — hoplitic /hop lit ik/, adj. /hop luyt/, n. a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece. [1720 30; < Gk hoplítes, equiv. to hópl(on) piece of armor, particularly the large shield + ites ITE1] * * * Heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece… … Universalium
hoplite — noun Etymology: Greek hoplitēs, from hoplon tool, weapon, from hepein to care for, work at more at sepulchre Date: circa 1741 a heavily armed infantry soldier of ancient Greece … New Collegiate Dictionary
HOPLITE — n. m. T. d’Antiquité grecque Fantassin pesamment armé, qui avait pour armes défensives le casque, la cuirasse, les bottines, garnies de fer; pour armes offensives la pique et l’épée … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
