PANOPLY  , a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete suit of See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour . The word represents the Gr . 7r-avow-Ma (rrar, all, and 67rMa, arms), the full armour of a hoplite or heavy-armed soldier, i.e. the See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield, breastplate, See also:

• HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet and See also:

• GREAVES, JOHN (1602–1652)

greaves, together with the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword and See also:

• LANCE

lance . As applied to armour of a later date, panoply " did not come into use till the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and was then used of the complete suits of See also:

• PLATE

plate-armour covering the whole See also:

• BODY

body . The figurative use of the word is chiefly due to the phrase i7 7ravolrXia roG Oeoi3, " the whole armour of See also:

• GOD

God " (Eph. vi . II) .