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.