ἄμαχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.xos/
Adjective
ἄμᾰχος • (ámăkhos) m or f (neuter ἄμᾰχον); second declension
- against which cannot be fought, unovercomeable, irresistible
- not taking part in battle, non-combatant
- not inclined to fight
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄμᾰχος ámăkhos |
ἄμᾰχον ámăkhon |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἄμᾰχοι ámăkhoi |
ἄμᾰχᾰ ámăkhă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀμᾰ́χου amắkhou |
ἀμᾰ́χου amắkhou |
ἀμᾰ́χοιν amắkhoin |
ἀμᾰ́χοιν amắkhoin |
ἀμᾰ́χων amắkhōn |
ἀμᾰ́χων amắkhōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀμᾰ́χῳ amắkhōi |
ἀμᾰ́χῳ amắkhōi |
ἀμᾰ́χοιν amắkhoin |
ἀμᾰ́χοιν amắkhoin |
ἀμᾰ́χοις amắkhois |
ἀμᾰ́χοις amắkhois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄμᾰχον ámăkhon |
ἄμᾰχον ámăkhon |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἀμᾰ́χους amắkhous |
ἄμᾰχᾰ ámăkhă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄμᾰχε ámăkhe |
ἄμᾰχον ámăkhon |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἀμᾰ́χω amắkhō |
ἄμᾰχοι ámăkhoi |
ἄμᾰχᾰ ámăkhă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀμᾰ́χως amắkhōs |
ἀμᾰχώτερος amăkhṓteros |
ἀμᾰχώτᾰτος amăkhṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμαχεί (amakheí)
Descendants
- → Greek: άμαχος (ámachos) (learned)
References
- “ἄμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press