ἐπίμαχος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἐπιμαχίᾱ (epimakhíā, “defensive alliance”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/
Adjective
editἐπίμᾰχος • (epímakhos) m or f (neuter ἐπίμᾰχον); second declension
- that may easily be attacked, assailable (of fortified places)
- contended for, contested
- equipped for battle
- (substantive) ally, helper
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχος epímakhos |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epímakhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχοι epímakhoi |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epímakha | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐπῐμᾰ́χου epimákhou |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χου epimákhou |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epimákhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epimákhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χων epimákhōn |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χων epimákhōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐπῐμᾰ́χῳ epimákhōi |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χῳ epimákhōi |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epimákhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epimákhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοις epimákhois |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοις epimákhois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epímakhon |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epímakhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χους epimákhous |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epímakha | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχε epímakhe |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epímakhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epimákhō |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχοι epímakhoi |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epímakha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπῐμᾰ́χως epimákhōs |
ἐπῐμᾰχώτερος epimakhṓteros |
ἐπῐμᾰχώτᾰτος epimakhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “ἐπίμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπίμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίμαχος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assailable idem, page 45.
- attack idem, page 49.
- exposed idem, page 295.
- vulnerable idem, page 958.