ΟΠΛΟΘΗΚΑΣ, οπλοθηκας
OPLOTHĒKAS, oplothēkas
Sounds Like: op-loh-THEE-kas
Translations: armories, arsenals
From the root: ΟΠΛΟΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place where weapons and military equipment are stored; an armory or arsenal. It is a compound word derived from "ὅπλον" (hoplon), meaning "weapon" or "tool," and "θήκη" (thēkē), meaning "a case," "box," or "repository." It is used to describe a storage facility for military supplies.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 4:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 32:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΠΛΟΘΗΚΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΠΛΟΘΗΚΑΙΣ — to armories, to arsenals, to armouries, to arsenals
- ΟΠΛΟΘΗΚΗΝ — armory, an armory, arsenal, an arsenal
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