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Μαραθωνομάχης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μαραθωνομάχης Μαραθωνομάχου

Structure: Μαραθωνομαχ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. a Marathon fighter, a Marathon-man, a brave veteran

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὖν ταῦτ’ ἐστὶν ἐκεῖνα, ἐξ ὧν ἄνδρασ Μαραθωνομάχασ ἡμὴ παίδευσισ ἔθρεψεν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme 1:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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