Etymology

hoplochrism

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Today it means: The superstitious practice of applying a salve, ointment, or chrism to a weapon that has caused an injury — rather than to the injury itself — in the belief that doing so will heal the wound that the weapon caused; weapon salve. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅπλον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅπλον“weapon”
  2. English todayhoplochrism

Formed as hoplo- (“weapon”) + chrism (“consecrated oil mingled with balm”, “unguent”); equivalent to the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon”) + χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “salve”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅπλον all →

hopl-hoplon

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