ὅπλον
Alt. ὅπλον, ου, τό,
"a tool, implement", mostly in pl.:
I. a ship's "tackle, tackling", Od., Hes.: esp. "ropes", Od., Hdt.:—in sg. "a rope", Od.
II. "tools", of "smiths' tools", Hom.:—in sg., ὅπλον ἀρούρης a sickle, Anth.; δείπνων ὅπλον, of a wine-flask, id=Anth.
III. in pl., also, "implements of war, arms", Il., etc.:—rarely in sg., "a weapon", Hdt., Eur.
2. in attic, ὅπλον was "the large shield", from which the men-at-arms took their name of ὁπλῖται, Ar., Thuc., etc.:—then, in pl., "heavy arms", Hdt., attic; ὅπλων ἐπιστάτης ῀ ὁπλίτης, Aesch.; whence,
3. ὅπλα, ῀ ὁπλῖται, "men-at-arms", Soph., Thuc., etc.
4. τὰ ὅπλα, also, "the place of arms, camp", Hdt., Xen.; ἐκ τῶν ὅπλων προϊέναι Thuc.
5. phrases, ἐν ὅπλοισι εἶναι to be "in arms, under arms", Hdt.; εἰς τὰ ὅπλα παραγγέλλειν Xen.; ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις or παρ᾽ ὅπλοις ἧσθαι Eur.; μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις Xen.; ὅπλα τίθεσθαι, v. τίθημι A. 1. 7.