Definitions for hoplites

hoplites hop·lite

Spelling: [hop-lahyt]
IPA: /ˈhɒp laɪt/

Hoplites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 437 anagrams from letters in hoplites (ehilopst).

Definitions for hoplites

noun

  1. a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.

Origin of hoplites

1720-30; Greek hoplī́tēs, equivalent to hópl(on) piece of armor, particularly the large shield + -ītēs -ite1

Examples for hoplites

A horseman fully armed is thrusting his spear into the body of his fallen foe—a hoplite.

Of the two figures in the chariot of slab xxiv., nothing now remains but part of the shield and left arm of the hoplite 58.

Now Artybios was riding a horse which had been trained to rear up against a hoplite.

Thirdly, if Draco had instituted a hoplite census, Solon would not have substituted citizenship by birth.

A horseman fully armed is thrusting his spear into the body of his fallen foe,—a hoplite.

Word Value for hoplites
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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