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ἐπιμαχίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίας

Structure: ἐπιμαχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pi/maxos

Sense

  1. defensive alliance

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίαι
Genitive ἐπιμαχίᾱς ἐπιμαχίαιν ἐπιμαχιῶν
Dative ἐπιμαχίᾱͅ ἐπιμαχίαιν ἐπιμαχίαις
Accusative ἐπιμαχίᾱν ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίᾱς
Vocative ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίᾱ ἐπιμαχίαι

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

  • εἰ γὰρ καὶ συνέλθοιεν οὕτω κοινωνοῦντεσ ἕκαστοσ μέντοι χρῷτο τῇ ἰδίᾳ οἰκίᾳ ὥσπερ πόλει καὶ σφίσιν αὐτοῖσ ὡσ ἐπιμαχίασ οὔσησ βοηθοῦντεσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἀδικοῦντασ μόνον, οὐδ’ οὕτωσ ἂν εἶναι δόξειεν πόλισ τοῖσ ἀκριβῶσ θεωροῦσιν, εἴπερ ὁμοίωσ ὁμιλοῖεν συνελθόντεσ καὶ χωρίσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 3 138:1)
  • νῦν δὲ τοσοῦτον ὑμῖν περίεστι τοῦ πρὸσ ἐμὲ μίσουσ ὥστε πρὸσ ἐκεῖνον διαλέγεσθε περὶ τῆσ ἐπιμαχίασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. defensive alliance

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