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Μαχάων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μαχάων Μαχάονος

Structure: Μαχαων (Stem)

Etym.: Perh. akin to ma/xaira.

Sense

  1. Machaon

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Μαχάων Μαχάονε Μαχάονες
Genitive Μαχάονος Μαχαόνοιν Μαχαόνων
Dative Μαχάονι Μαχαόνοιν Μαχάοσιν*
Accusative Μαχάονα Μαχάονε Μαχάονας
Vocative Μαχάων Μαχάονε Μαχάονες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ἄλλοσ μὲν μογέων ἀποκινήσασκε τραπέζησ πλεῖον ἐόν, Νέστωρ δ’ ὁ γέρων ἀμογητὶ ἀείρεν οὐκ ἀκουστέον ἐπὶ μόνων Μαχάονοσ καὶ Νέστοροσ, ὡσ οἰόνταί τινεσ, τὸ ὃσ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὃ λαμβάνοντεσ ἐπὶ τοῦ Μαχάονοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 84 1:1)
  • ἀγνοοῦσιν δ’ ὅτι τὸ ἄλλοσ Ὅμηροσ οὐκ ἐπὶ μόνων Μαχάονοσ καὶ Νέστοροσ ἔθηκε, δύο γὰρ οὗτοι πίνουσιν, ἀλλ’ εἶπεν ἂν ἕτεροσ, τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπὶ δύο τάσσεσθαι πέφυκεν, ὡσ καὶ ἐπὶ τούτων ι οἴσετε δ’ ἄρν’ ἕτερον λευκόν, ἑτέρην δὲ μέλαιναν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 84 2:3)
  • μεθ’ ἡμέραν δὲ ἰσχυρᾶσ μάχησ γενομένησ, τρωθέντων Ἀγαμέμνονοσ καὶ Διομήδουσ Ὀδυσσέωσ Εὐρυπύλου Μαχάονοσ καὶ τροπῆσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων γενομένησ, Ἕκτωρ ῥήξασ τὸ τεῖχοσ εἰσέρχεται καὶ ἀναχωρήσαντοσ Αἰάντοσ πῦρ ἐμβάλλει ταῖσ ναυσίν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 4 8:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Νικόμαχοσ ἦν ἀπὸ Νικομάχου τοῦ Μαχάονοσ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, καθά φησιν Ἕρμιπποσ ἐν τῷ Περὶ Ἀριστοτέλουσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 1:2)

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

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