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Etymology · Ancient Greek

ὅπλον

3 English words descend from Ancient Greek ὅπλον, most common first.

hopl-weapon, arms; armed
hoplochrismThe 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.
hoplonA type of aspis used by Greek hoplites.