enomoty

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noun

A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

OriginAncient Greek ἐνωμοτία →
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Meanings

nounenomoty (plural enomoties)

plural enomoties

  1. Ancient GreecegovernmentA band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

    The first man in each enomoty (beginning at the right of the front line) was the enomotarch, and the last man in each enomoty was the uragus (οὐραγός).

    1883, Xenophon's Anabasis, page 334

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐνωμοτία
  2. Englishenomoty

From Ancient Greek ἐνωμοτία (enōmotía).

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Translations

French énomotie
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Italian enomotia, enomozia
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Latin enōmotia
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Russian эномотия
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