ἐπιμαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/
Noun
ἐπῐμᾰχίᾱ • (epĭmăkhíā) f (genitive ἐπῐμᾰχίᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ hē epimakhĭ́ā |
τὼ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ tṑ epimakhĭ́ā |
αἱ ἐπιμαχῐ́αι hai epimakhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱς tês epimakhĭ́ās |
τοῖν ἐπιμαχῐ́αιν toîn epimakhĭ́ain |
τῶν ἐπιμαχῐῶν tôn epimakhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾳ tēî epimakhĭ́āi |
τοῖν ἐπιμαχῐ́αιν toîn epimakhĭ́ain |
ταῖς ἐπιμαχῐ́αις taîs epimakhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱν tḕn epimakhĭ́ān |
τὼ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ tṑ epimakhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epimakhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ epimakhĭ́ā |
ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ epimakhĭ́ā |
ἐπιμαχῐ́αι epimakhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἐπιμαχέω (epimakhéō)
- ἐπιμαχομαι (epimakhomai)
- ἐπίμαχος (epímakhos)
See also
- συμμαχία (summakhía)
Further reading
- “ἐπιμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπιμαχία 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.