hoplomachus

== English == === Alternative forms === hoplomachos === Noun === hoplomachus (plural hoplomachi) (historical) A heavily armed gladiator in ancient Rome. ==== Related terms ==== hoplomachic hoplomachy == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὁπλομάχος (hoplomákhos, “heavily armed”), from ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I fight”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈpɫɔ.ma.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈplɔː.ma.kus] === Noun === hoplomachus m (genitive hoplomachī); second declension a heavily armed gladiator. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== hoplītēs === References === “hoplomachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hoplomachus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.