Ancient Greek

Noun

ὁπλή • ‎(hoplḗ) f ‎(genitive ὁπλῆς); first declension

1. hoof
   • Homer, Iliad II.536

Usage notes

Homer always uses ὁπλή for solid hooves, such as those of a horse or ass. Later writers also use it for cloven hooves, such as those of a cow.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (hoof): χηλή ‎(khēlḗ)

References

• ὁπλή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὁπλή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ὁπλή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὁπλή» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ὁπλή» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hoof idem, page 405.
• LSJ 8th edition