Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βιαιομάχας

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βιαιομάχας

Etym.: from bi/a, ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fighting violently

Examples

  • ὀκτώ τοι θυρεούσ, ὀκτὼ κράνη, ὀκτὼ ὑφαντοὺσ θώρηκασ, τόσσασ θ’ αἱμαλέασ κοπίδασ, ταῦτ’ ἀπὸ Λευκανῶν Κορυφασίᾳ ἔντε’ Ἀθάνᾳ Ἅγνων Εὐάνθευσ θῆχ’ ὁ βιαιομάχασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1291)

Synonyms

  1. fighting violently

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

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