Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, any band of sworn soldiers; specifically, the smallest subdivision of the Lacedæmonian army, from twenty-five to thirty-two or thirty-six in number, bound together by a common oath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
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- noun historical, Ancient Greece A band of sworn
soldiers ; a division of theSpartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together byoath .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For when the king is in the field nothing is done without him; he in person gives general orders to the polemarchs, which they convey to the commanders of divisions; these again to the commanders of fifties, the commanders of fifties to the commanders of enomoties, and these to the enomoty.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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There were seven divisions in the field, besides the Sciritae who numbered six hundred; in each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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The half company is technically called a pentecostys, and a quarter company an enomoty, and the officers in charge of them respectively penteconter and enomotarch.
Anabasis 2007
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The first rank of the enomoty was composed of four soldiers: as to the depth, although they had not been all drawn up alike, but as each captain chose, they were generally ranged eight deep; the first rank along the whole line, exclusive of the sciritae, consisted of four hundred and forty-eight men.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The first rank of the enomoty was composed of four soldiers: as to the depth, although they had not been all drawn up alike, but as each captain chose, they were generally ranged eight deep; the first rank along the whole line, exclusive of the sciritae, consisted of four hundred and forty-eight men.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Of the foot, it was said that the Lacedæmonians advanced with each enomoty drawn up three deep, this arrangement making them not more than twelve deep in all.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Various 1887
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a pentecostys, and a quarter company an enomoty, and the officers in charge of them respectively penteconter and enomotarch.
Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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