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ὅπλον 1

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.

1 ὅπλον, ου, τό,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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