ὅπλον, τό,
tool, implement, mostly in plural, like{ἔντεα},{τεύχεα}: (probably from ἕπω A):
__I a ship's tackle, tackling, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 2.390, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 627 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially ropes, halyards, etc., δησάμενοι δ᾽ ἄρα ὅπλα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.430, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in which sense [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] twice uses the singular, rope, [[ 14.346, 21.390: generally, ] Refs]any ropes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.25, 9.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 78. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II tools, strictly so called, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] especially of smiths' tools, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.409, 412; in full, ὅπλα χαλκήϊα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.433: in _sing._, ὅπλον ἀρούρης sickle, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.95 (from Antiphil) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπλον γεροντικόν staff, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.7 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δείπνων ὅπλον ἑτοιμότατον, of the wine-flask, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 6.248 (Marc. argument). ] Refs]
__III in plural, also, implements of war, arms and armour, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅπλα κάμε,] Refs 8th c.BC+] of the arms of Achilles, [[ 18.614, compare 19.21; ὅπλοισιν ἔνι δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην 10.254, 272; so in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.27, “IG” 12.1.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 14, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in singular, weapon, οὐδέ τι ἀρήϊον ὅπλον ἐκτέαται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23, compare 174, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 161, 570, 942, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποτὶ πονηρὸν οὐκ ἄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία [[[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 275 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; piece of armour, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.49. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]