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ὁπλότερος

ὁπλότερος, the younger

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ὁπλοτέρους masculine accusative plural comparative of ὁπλότερος

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ὁπλότερος, α, ον, Comp. without any Posit. in use, Ep. for νεώτερος,
  • the younger, always of persons, Il. 4.325, Od. 21.370, B. 10.71; ὁπλότερος γενεῇ younger by birth, Il. 2.707, Od. 19.184: fem. gen. pl. ὁπλοτεράων Il. 14.267, 275: Sup., youngest, ὁπλότατος γενεῆφιν 9.58; ὁ. θυγάτηρ Od. 7.58, cf. 11.283, Hes. Th. 946, Pi. I. 6(5).6, al.: Ar. Pax 1270-1 uses the Comp. in mock heroic lines.—The orig. sense was perh. capable of bearing arms; and so ὁπλότεροι would be the serviceable men, hence, the young men, opp. the old men and children, Il. 3.108, Hom. Epigr. 4.5; then simply, younger or youngest, hence of women, Νέστορος ὁπλοτάτη θυγάτηρ Od. 3.465, etc.; then, as the youngest are the last born, ἄνδρες ὁπλότεροι also means the latter generations, men of later days, Theoc. 16.46; ὁπλοτέρου τʼ Ἀχιλῆος ἀκούομεν Εὐρυλόχοιο Euph. 80.

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