hopl-

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏpl, IPA^(key): /hɒpl/

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon; piece of armour”); related to hoplite.

Prefix

hopl-

1. weapon, arms; armed

Derived terms

• hoplarchy (nonce word)
• hoplochrism (rare, historical) →
  • hoplochristical (obsolete)
• hoplognathous
• hoplology
• hoplonemertean (zoölogy)
• hoplonemertine (zoölogy)
• hoplophobe
• hoplophobia
• hoplopleurid (zoölogy)

Related terms

• hoplite
• hoplomachic →
  • hoplomachist
• hoplophorous
• panoply

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ὁπλή (hoplḗ, “hoof”).

Prefix

hopl-

1. (rare) hoof, hooves; hooved

Usage notes

• When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with -o- (as hoplo-).

Derived terms

• hoplopodous (zoölogy)

References

• “hoplo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• holp, loph