ἐπίμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιμαχίᾱ (epimakhíā, “defensive alliance”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.ma.kʰos/ → /eˈpi.ma.xos/ → /eˈpi.ma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.ma.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ma.xos/

Adjective

ἐπίμᾰχος • (epímakhos) m or f (neuter ἐπίμᾰχον); second declension

1. that may easily be attacked, assailable (of fortified places)
2. contended for, contested
3. equipped for battle
4. (substantive) ally, helper

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́μᾰχος; ἐπῐ́μᾰχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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.