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Hoplite

//ˈhɒplaɪt// noun

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1
A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis. historical
"[…] it was in the line of "hoplites" that the mass of citizen-soldiers were to be found."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁπλίτης (hoplítēs, “heavily armed foot-soldier”), from ὅπλον (hóplon, “arms, armor, weapon”) (from which English hopl-). Compare Latin hoplomachus (“gladiator”).

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