σύμμαχος

• ξῠ́μμᾰχος (xŭ́mmăkhos) — Old Attic

From συν- (sun-, “with”) +‎ the root of μάχη (mákhē, “battle”).

σῠ́μμᾰχος • (sŭ́mmăkhos) m or f (neuter σῠ́μμᾰχον); second declension

1. fighting along with, leagued or allied with
2. (nominalized, masculine) ally
3. (Byzantine, nominalized, masculine) a kind of public emissary of tax administration

The form συμμαχίς (summakhís) functions as the feminine of this adjective.

• σῠμμᾰχέω (sŭmmăkhéō)
• σῠμμᾰχίᾱ (sŭmmăkhíā)

• → Albanian: simahor
• → Arabic: سِمَّاك (simmāk)

• “σύμμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύμμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adherent idem, page 11.
  • allied idem, page 25.
  • ally idem, page 25.
  • confederate idem, page 157.
  • federal idem, page 313.
• Oertel, Friedrich (1917) Die Liturgie. Studien zur ptolemäischen und kaiserlichen Verwaltung Ägyptens‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, page 412

The noun is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, adjective). The adjective is derived from the noun.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ma.xos/
• Hyphenation: σύμ‧μα‧χος

σύμμαχος • (sýmmachos) m or f (plural σύμμαχοι)

1. ally (a person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate)
2. ally (a person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend)

(masculine):

(feminine):

Alternative nominative/accusative/vocative plural: σύμμαχες

σύμμαχος • (sýmmachos) m (feminine σύμμαχη, neuter σύμμαχο)

1. allied

• σύμμαχος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el