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hoplite

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hop·lite  (hplt)
n.
A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.

[Greek hoplts, from hoplon, armor.]

hop·litic (-ltk) adj.


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A man may sell all that he has, and another may acquire his property; yet after the sale he may dwell in the city of which he is no longer a part, being neither trader, nor artisan, nor horseman, nor hoplite, but only a poor, helpless creature.
 
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