hoplomachus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁπλομάχος (hoplomákhos, “heavily armed”), from ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I fight”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hoˈplo.ma.kʰus/, [hɔˈpɫ̪ɔmäkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈplo.ma.kus/, [oˈplɔːmäkus]

Noun

hoplomachus m (genitive hoplomachī); second declension

1. a heavily armed gladiator.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hoplomachus	hoplomachī
Genitive	hoplomachī	hoplomachōrum
Dative	hoplomachō	hoplomachīs
Accusative	hoplomachum	hoplomachōs
Ablative	hoplomachō	hoplomachīs
Vocative	hoplomache	hoplomachī

Related terms

• hoplītēs

References

• “hoplomachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hoplomachus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.