ὅπλον,τό,
A. tool, implement,mostly in pl., like ἔντεα, τεύχεα : (prob. fromἕπωA):
I. a ship'stackle, tackling,
Hom. (only in Od. ), 2.390 , al., Hes. Op. 627 ; esp.ropes, halyards,etc., δησάμενοι δ' ἄρα ὅπλα
Od. 2.430
, etc.; in which sense Hom. twice uses the sg.,rope,
14.346 , 21.390 : generally,any ropes,
Hdt. 7.25 , 9.115 , Hp. Art. 78 .
II. tools,strictly so called, in Hom. esp. ofsmiths' tools,
Il. 18.409 , 412 ; in full, ὅπλα χαλκήϊα
Od. 3.433
: in sg.,ὅπλον ἀρούρηςsickle, AP 6.95 (Antiphil) ;ὅπλον γεροντικόνstaff, Call. Epigr. 1.7 ;δείπνων ὅπλον ἑτοιμότατον,of the wine-flask, AP 6.248 (Marc. Arg.).
III. in pl., also,implements of war, armsandarmour,
Hom. (only in Il. ),αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πάνθ' ὅπλα κάμε,of thearmsof Achilles, 18.614 , cf. 19.21 ; ὅπλοισιν ἔνι δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην