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Headword: Ὁπλότερος
Adler number: omicron,469
Translated headword: younger, rather young
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

It is applied to both in Homer, [i.e.] as comparative and as absolute.[1] [Homer writes] "of the younger Graces," since Homer assumes two generations of Graces, an elder and a younger. For this reason he says "younger" comparatively.[2]

Greek Original:

Ὁπλότερος: κατ' ἄμφω τίθεται παρ' Ὁμήρῳ, καὶ συγκριτικῶς καὶ ἀπολελυμένως. Χαρίτων δὲ ὁπλοτεράων, ἐπειδὴ δύο γενέσεις Χαρίτων ὑποτίθεται Ὅμηρος, πρεσβυτέραν καὶ νεωτέραν. διὸ συγκριτικῶς λέγει ὁπλοτεράων.

Notes:

See generally LSJ s.v. on this headword (and its etymology, reckoned to be connected with the bearing of arms; cf. generally omicron 465).
[1] Similar comments in other sources.
[2] cf. scholia A (Aristonicus) on Homer, Iliad 14.267, where the quoted phrase occurs.

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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs; mythology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 February 2010@01:23:26.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks) on 19 February 2010@03:09:55.
Catharine Roth (augmented headword translation) on 19 February 2010@21:59:02.

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