hoplomachus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hoplŏmăchus, i, m., = ὁπλομάχος,

a heavy-armed combatant , a sort of gladiator, Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 8, 74, 1; Firm. Math. 8, 21; Inscr. Orell. 2566.