ὁπλότερος

ὁπλότερος, α, ον, [comp] Comp. without any Posit. in use, [dialect] Ep. for νεώτερος,

A 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: [comp] Sup., youngest,

ὁπλότατος γενεῆφιν 9.58

;

ὁ. θυγάτηρ Od.7.58

, cf. 11.283, Hes.Th.946, Pi.I.6(5).6, al. : Ar.Pax1270-1 uses the [comp] 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 τ' Ἀχιλῆος ἀκούομεν Εὐρυλόχοιο Euph.80

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