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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
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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
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Pallas is derived from armed dances -- apo tou pallein ta opla.
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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161 Al. “are quite capable of trampling down the troops behind in their retreat.” tous opla ekhontas = “the troops proper,” “heavy infantry.”
Oeconomicus 2007
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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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