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  • [7] Al. "are quite capable of trampling down the troops behind in their retreat." {tous opla ekhontas} = "the troops proper," "heavy infantry."

    The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • A tolerable pentameter occurs in Rom. 6: 13 -- kai ta mele umon opla dikaiosunes. and a remarkable iambic in the Lord's Prayer. ton arton emon ton epiousion didou.

    Hymns of the Eastern Church 1818-1866 1866

  • Pallas is derived from armed dances -- apo tou pallein ta opla.

    Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • 161 Al. “are quite capable of trampling down the troops behind in their retreat.” tous opla ekhontas = “the troops proper,” “heavy infantry.”

    Oeconomicus 2007

  • 129 The MSS. give the words so rendered — oi de kai [didontes ta opla kata tous khorous], which some critics emend diadidontes, others bracket as suspected, others expunge.

    Anabasis 2007

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