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  • 1 vēles

        vēles itis, m    [2 VOL-], a light-armed soldier. —Usu. plur, guerrilla troops, irregular bands, skirmishers, L.: a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratus, i. e. as a clown among soldiers.
    * * *
    light-armed foot-soldier; guerrilla forces (pl.), irregular bands; skirmishers

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  • 2 levis

    1.
    lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

    Lucr. 2, 227:

    aether,

    id. 5, 459:

    aura,

    id. 3, 196:

    levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    stipulae,

    Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

    levis armaturae Numidae,

    the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

    miles,

    a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

    of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

    Tac. G. 6:

    flebis in solo levis angiportu,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

    terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

    Tib. 2, 4, 50;

    esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

    the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

    virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

    lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

    leves malvae,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

    gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

    id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

    a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

    leves venti,

    Ov. M. 15, 346:

    flatus,

    Sil. 15, 162:

    currus,

    light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

    levi deducens pollice filum,

    light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

    pollex,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    saltus,

    id. ib. 7, 767;

    3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1:

    Messapus levis cursu,

    Verg. A. 12, 489:

    leves Parthi,

    id. G. 4, 314:

    equus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 389:

    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

    quaere modos leviore plectro,

    nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

    et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

    Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

    omnes ire leves,

    Sil. 16, 488:

    exsultare levis,

    id. 10, 605:

    levior discurrere,

    id. 4, 549:

    nullo levis terrore moveri,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

    hora,

    fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

    terra,

    light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

    et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

    so (opp graviora),

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

    leve et infirmum,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

    ad motum animi... leviora,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

    id. Planc. 26, 63:

    auditio,

    a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

    something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    dolor,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

    proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    periculum,

    id. B. C. 3, 26:

    in aliquem merita,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

    leviore de causa,

    id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

    praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

    Juv. 13, 182:

    effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

    Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

    in levi habitum,

    was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

    levia sed nimium queror,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

    quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

    no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

    quidquid levius putaris,

    easier, id. 10, 344.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    ne me leviorem erga te putes,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

    tu levior cortice,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

    id. ib. 17, 63:

    leves ac nummarii judices,

    id. Clu. 28, 75:

    sit precor illa levis,

    Tib. 1, 6, 56:

    levi brachio aliquid agere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

    quid levius aut turpius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

    auctor,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    leves amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

    spes,

    vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    leviores mores,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

    levior reprehensio,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

    tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

    the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

    nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

    exsilium,

    mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    leviter densae nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 248:

    inflexum bacillum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saucius,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    non leviter lucra liguriens,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    agnoscere aliquid,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    eruditus,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

    quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

    so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    dolere,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

    ut levissime dicam,

    to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

    sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

    id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

    levius torquetis Arachne,

    more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

    in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

    id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

    Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pocula,

    smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

    pharetrae,

    id. ib. 5, 558:

    brassica,

    Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

    levissima corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 659:

    coma pectine levis,

    Ov. M. 12, 409:

    nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

    levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

    Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

    levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

    smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

    ora,

    Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

    crura,

    Juv. 8, 115:

    sponsus,

    id. 3, 111:

    caput,

    id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

    pectus,

    Verg. A. 11, 40:

    frons,

    id. E. 6, 51:

    umeri,

    id. A. 7, 815:

    colla,

    Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

    vir,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

    externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

    smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

    per leve,

    Pers. 1, 64:

    per levia,

    Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

    oratio (opp. aspera),

    Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

    levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

    levis et aspera (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    levis et quadrata compositio,

    id. 2, 5, 9:

    levia ac nitida,

    id. 5, 12, 18:

    (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 3 expedītus

        expedītus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of expedio], unfettered, unimpeded, unencumbered, without a burden: in Galliam proficisci: Sagana, tucked up, H.: legiones, without baggage, Cs.: expedito exercitu pervenit, Ta.— Masc. as subst: novem dierum iter expedito, a nine days' forced march, Cs. — Ready, free, prompt, easy, unembarrassed: expedito nobis homine opus est: ad dicendum.— Convenient, at hand, ready, commodious: iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit, Cs.: via expeditior ad honores: Caesaris victoria, complete, Cs.: reditum in caelum patere expeditissimum: pecunia expeditissima, readiest.—Neut. as subst: in expedito habere copias, L.
    * * *
    I
    expedita -um, expeditior -or -us, expeditissimus -a -um ADJ
    unencumbered; without baggage; light armed
    II

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  • 4 ferentārius

        ferentārius ī, m     a class of light-armed troops. —Sing. collect., Ta.—Plur., S.
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  • 5 accingo

    ac-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to gird to or on, to gird round or about (in prose, first after the Aug. per.;

    in poetry, a favorite word with Verg.): lateri ensem,

    Verg. A. 11, 489; and med., to gird one's self:

    accingitur ense,

    id. ib. 7, 640; cf.:

    quo (ense) fuit accinctus,

    Ov. M. 6, 551; so,

    ferro,

    Tac. A. 6, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., to arm, equip, furnish, provide:

    facibus pubes accingitur,

    Verg. A. 9, 74:

    gladiis accincti,

    Liv. 40, 13;

    hence: accinctus miles,

    an armed soldier, Tac. A. 11, 18:

    ornat Phraaten accingitque (sc. diademate imposito) paternum ad fastigium,

    id. ib. 6, 32:

    accinctus gemmis fuigentibus ensis,

    Val. Fl. 3, 514.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    In gen., to endow, provide; in medicine:

    magicas accingier artes,

    to have recourse to, Verg. A. 4, 493.—
    B.
    In part.: accingere se or accingi, to enter upon or undertake a thing, girded, i. e. well prepared, to prepare one's self, make one's self ready (taken from the girding of the flowing robes when in active occupation); constr. absol., with ad, in, dat., or inf.:

    tibi omne est exedendum, accingere,

    make yourself ready, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 4; so id. Eun. 5, 9, 30; Lucr. 2, 1043:

    illi se praedae accingunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 210:

    accingi ad consulatum,

    Liv. 4, 2; in Tac. very often actively, to make any one ready for something:

    turmas peditum ad munia accingere, A. 12, 31: accingi ad ultionem,

    id. H. 4, 79:

    in audaciam,

    id. ib. 3, 66 al.; with inf.:

    accingar dicere pugnas Caesaris,

    Verg. G. 3, 46;

    so: navare operam,

    Tac. A. 15, 51.—
    b.
    Also in the active form, as v. neutr. = se accingere: age, anus, accinge ad molas, Pompon. ap. Non. 469, 28 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 235):

    accingunt omnes operi,

    all go vigorously to the work, Verg. A. 2, 235.—Hence, ac-cinctus, a, um, P. a., well girded.
    A.
    Lit.: cujus aut familiaris habitus condecentior aut militaris accinctior, Auson. Grat. Act. 27.—
    B.
    Fig., ready, strict (opp. negligens):

    tam in omnia pariter intenta bonitas et accincta,

    Plin. Pan. 30 fin.:

    comitatus,

    id. ib. 20, 3.

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  • 6 funditor

    fundĭtor, ōris, m. [funda], one who fights with a sling, a slinger, sphendonitês, a sort of light-armed soldier (cf.:

    jaculator, sagittarius),

    Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 1; 2, 10, 1; 2, 19, 4; 2, 24, 4 et saep.; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 6 al.

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  • 7 jaculator

    jăcŭlātor, ōris, m. [id.], a thrower, caster, hurler.
    I.
    In gen.:

    Enceladus jaculator audax (truncorum),

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 55:

    fulminis,

    Stat. Th. 12, 562; Arn. 4, 22:

    missis a rege Boccho jaculatoribus,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 6.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A thrower of the dart or javelin (a sort of light-armed soldier, who carried only a dart or javelin):

    jaculatorum manus,

    Liv. 36, 18; 21, 21 al. —
    B.
    A caster of the net, a fisherman, Plaut. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 5, 2.—
    III.
    Trop., an accuser:

    felix orator quoque maximus et jaculator,

    Juv. 7, 193.

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  • 8 veles

    vēlĕs, ĭtis, m. [volare, velox, flying troops], a kind of light-armed soldier, who attacked the enemy out of the line of battle, a skirmisher.
    I.
    Lit., usually in the plur.: velites, Liv 26, 4, 4 sq.; 21, 55, 11; 23, 29, 3; 38, 21, 13; 30, 33, 3; Varr ap. Non. 552, 30; Ov Ib. 48 (Merkel, militis); Val. Max. 2, 3, 3.— Sing., Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v sub vitem, p. 308; Titin. ap. Non. 552, 26.—
    * II.
    Transf.:

    me autem a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratum esse, non moleste tuli,

    as the clown of the troop, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1.

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  • 9 armātus

        armātus adj. with sup.    [P. of armo], armed, equipped, in arms: consuli armatus obstitit: plebes, S.: classes, V.: cohors, Ta.: milia armata quinquagenta, soldiers, Cs.: quasi armatissimi fuerint: facibus, L.: ursi unguibus, O.—As subst m., armed men, soldiers: in eo loco conlocati: decem milia armatorum, N. — Fig., under arms: animum retinere, hostility. — Furnished, equipped, provided: parati, armati animis: spoliis Latreus, O.
    * * *
    I
    armata -um, armatior -or -us, armatissimus -a -um ADJ
    armed, equipped; defensively armed, armor clad; fortified; of the use of arms
    II
    armed man (usu. pl.), soldier
    III
    type of arms/equipment, armor

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  • 10 miles

    mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.:

    mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.], a soldier.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    miles, qui locum non tenuit,

    Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3:

    scribere,

    to enlist, enroll, Sall. J. 43, 3:

    deligere,

    Liv. 29, 1:

    ordinare,

    to form into companies, id. ib.:

    mercede conducere,

    to hire, take into one's pay, id. ib. 29, 5:

    dimittere,

    to dismiss, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

    miles tremulus,

    i. e. Priam, Juv. 10, 267:

    miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur,

    Gell. 16, 4, 5.—
    B.
    In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques:

    tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.—Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private:

    strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7:

    maritim as,

    a soldier in sea-service, marine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.—
    B.
    Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—
    C.
    A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess:

    discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—
    D.
    Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time:

    et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—Of a nymph in the train of Diana:

    miles erat Phoebes,

    Ov. M. 2, 415.—
    E.
    (Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.:

    bonus Christi,

    Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.

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  • 11 caetrātus

        caetrātus adj.    [caetra], armed with a caetra, shield-bearing: cohortes, Cs., L.
    * * *
    I
    caetrata, caetratum ADJ
    II
    soldier armed with caetra (small light shield); Greek peltest

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  • 12 clipeātus

        clipeātus adj.    [clipeus], armed with a shield, shield-bearing: agmina, V.: seges virorum, O.— Plur. as subst: adversus clipeatos, L.
    * * *
    I
    clipeata, clipeatum ADJ
    armed/furnished with a shield (clipeus); shield-bearing
    II
    soldier armed/furnished with a shield (clipeus) (usu. pl.)

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  • 13 hastātus

        hastātus adj.    [hasta], armed with a spear currūs, Cu.— Plur m. as subst, the hastati, spearmen, first line of a Roman army in order of battle, L.; consisting of ten ordines or companies, O.— Of the hastati, of the first line: ordo, the tenth company, L.: cum signifer primi hastati (sc. ordinis): signifer secundi hastati, L.—As subst m. (ellipt. for centurio ordinis hastati), captain of a company of hastati: Fulginius ex primo hastato, late first centurion, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    hastata, hastatum ADJ
    armed with spear/spears; first line of a Roman army (pl.)
    II
    spearman; soldier in unit in front of Roman battle-formation; its centurion

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  • 14 clupeatus

    I
    clupeata, clupeatum ADJ
    armed/furnished with a shield (clipeus); shield-bearing
    II
    soldier armed/furnished with a shield (clipeus) (usu. pl.)

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  • 15 adstatus

    I
    adstata, adstatum ADJ
    armed with a spear/spears
    II
    spearman; soldier in unit in front of Roman battle-formation; its centurion

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  • 16 astatus

    I
    astata, astatum ADJ
    armed with a spear/spears
    II
    spearman; soldier in unit in front of Roman battle-formation; its centurion

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  • 17 contarius

    soldier armed with a contus (lance/pike/long spear); pike-bearer

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  • 18 contatus

    soldier armed with a contus (lance/pike/long spear); pike-bearer

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  • 19 peltasta

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  • 20 peltastes

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