A.defensive, ὅπλα (i. e. weapons in general) Pl.Lg.944d, cf. D.S.3.54, D.H.5.46, Str.7.3.17, 17.1.54; “τέχναι” Pl.Lg.920e: c. gen., φάρμακον ἀ. γήρως antidote for . . , Ael.NA6.51; “πόαι τῶν δηγμάτων ἀ.” 12.32.
II. Subst. ἀμυν-τήριον , τό, means of protection, Pl.Plt.279c sq.; defence, bulwark, Plb.18.41a.2; weapon, Plu.2.714f; ἀ. τοῦ κακοῦ antidote for . . , Ael.NA3.41; ἀ. ἐξ ἀπόρων way of escape from . . , ib.3.22.