ἐπίμαχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιμαχίᾱ (epimakhíā, “defensive alliance”).
Pronunciation
- (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
ἐπίμᾰχος • (epímăkhos) 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
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχος epĭ́măkhos |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epĭ́măkhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχοι epĭ́măkhoi |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epĭ́măkhă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπῐμᾰ́χου epĭmắkhou |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χου epĭmắkhou |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epĭmắkhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epĭmắkhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χων epĭmắkhōn |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χων epĭmắkhōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπῐμᾰ́χῳ epĭmắkhōi |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χῳ epĭmắkhōi |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epĭmắkhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοιν epĭmắkhoin |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοις epĭmắkhois |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χοις epĭmắkhois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epĭ́măkhon |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epĭ́măkhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χους epĭmắkhous |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epĭ́măkhă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́μᾰχε epĭ́măkhe |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχον epĭ́măkhon |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐμᾰ́χω epĭmắkhō |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχοι epĭ́măkhoi |
ἐπῐ́μᾰχᾰ epĭ́măkhă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπῐμᾰ́χως epĭmắkhōs |
ἐπῐμᾰχώτερος epĭmăkhṓteros |
ἐπῐμᾰχώτᾰτος epĭmăkhṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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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.