μάχη
See also: μάχῃ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.çi/
Noun
μᾰ́χη • (mắkhē) f (genitive μᾰ́χης); first declension
- battle, combat
- quarrel, strife, dispute
- contest, game
- battlefield
- (logic) contradiction, inconsistency
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰ́χη hē mắkhē |
τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mắkhā |
αἱ μᾰ́χαι hai mắkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰ́χης tês mắkhēs |
τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mắkhain |
τῶν μᾰχῶν tôn măkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰ́χῃ tēî mắkhēi |
τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mắkhain |
ταῖς μᾰ́χαις taîs mắkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰ́χην tḕn mắkhēn |
τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mắkhā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́χᾱς tā̀s mắkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́χη mắkhē |
μᾰ́χᾱ mắkhā |
μᾰ́χαι mắkhai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (contest): ἀγών (agṓn)
Derived terms
- Ἀμαζονομαχία (Amazonomakhía)
- Ἀντιμάχη (Antimákhē)
- Ἀντίμαχος (Antímakhos)
- Ᾰ̓ρῐστόμᾰχος (Ărĭstómăkhos)
- Δωρίμαχος (Dōrímakhos)
- Ἐπίμαχος (Epímakhos)
- Εὐρύμαχος (Eurúmakhos)
- Θρασύμαχος (Thrasúmakhos)
- ἱππομαχία (hippomakhía)
- ἱππομάχος (hippomákhos)
- Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος (Kăllĭ́măkhos)
- Κλειτόμᾰχος (Kleitómăkhos)
- μάχαιρα (mákhaira)
- μαχητής (makhētḗs)
- μονομαχία (monomakhía)
- μονομάχος (monomákhos)
- ναυμαχία (naumakhía)
- ναυμάχος (naumákhos)
- Νικόμαχος (Nikómakhos)
- ὁπλομαχία (hoplomakhía)
- ὁπλομάχος (hoplomákhos)
- πεζομαχία (pezomakhía)
- πεζομάχος (pezomákhos)
- Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos)
- Τῡφωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Tūphōnomăkhĭ́ā)
- Φυλομάχην (Phulomákhēn)
Descendants
- English: -machy (through -μαχία (-makhía))
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 916-7
Further reading
- “μάχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μάχη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μάχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάχη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3163 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- battle idem, page 65.
- battle-field idem, page 65.
- brawl idem, page 94.
- combat idem, page 144.
- conflict idem, page 159.
- contest idem, page 168.
- encounter idem, page 271.
- engagement idem, page 274.
- fight idem, page 318.
- fighting idem, page 319.
- fray idem, page 343.
- strife idem, page 825.
- struggle idem, page 828.
- tactics idem, page 852.
- undecided idem, page 912.
- warfare idem, page 964.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη (mắkhē).
Noun
μάχη • (máchi) f (plural μάχες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μάχη (máchi) | μάχες (máches) |
| genitive | μάχης (máchis) | μαχών (machón) |
| accusative | μάχη (máchi) | μάχες (máches) |
| vocative | μάχη (máchi) | μάχες (máches) |