Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀλκίμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλκίμαχος ἀλκίμαχη ἀλκίμαχον

Structure: ἀλκιμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)lkh/, ma/xomai

Sense

  1. bravely fighting

Examples

  • Ἀλκίμαχον δὲ τὸν Ἀγαθοκλέουσ ἐπὶ τὰσ Αἰολίδασ τε πόλεισ ξὺν δυνάμει οὐκ ἐλάττονι ἐξέπεμψε καὶ ὅσαι Ιὠνικαὶ ὑπὸ τοῖσ βαρβάροισ ἔτι ἦσαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 18 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. bravely fighting

Related

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

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