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ἐπίμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίμαχος ἐπίμαχος ἐπίμαχον

Structure: ἐπιμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. that may easily be attacked, assailable (of fortified places)
  2. contended for, contested
  3. equipped for battle
  4. (substantive) ally, helper

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίμαχος ἐπίμαχον
Genitive ἐπιμάχου ἐπιμάχου
Dative ἐπιμάχῳ ἐπιμάχῳ
Accusative ἐπίμαχον ἐπίμαχον
Vocative ἐπίμαχε ἐπίμαχον
DualN/A/V ἐπιμάχω ἐπιμάχω
G/D ἐπιμάχοιν ἐπιμάχοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίμαχοι ἐπίμαχα
Genitive ἐπιμάχων ἐπιμάχων
Dative ἐπιμάχοις ἐπιμάχοις
Accusative ἐπιμάχους ἐπίμαχα
Vocative ἐπίμαχοι ἐπίμαχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίμαχος ἐπιμάχου ἐπιμαχώτερος ἐπιμαχωτέρου ἐπιμαχώτατος ἐπιμαχωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιμάχως ἐπιμαχώτερον ἐπιμαχώτατα

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

  • καθ’ ἓν ἅπαντασ γενομένουσ μιᾷ προσβάλλειν πλευρᾷ τοῦ χάρακοσ, καθ’ ὃ μάλιστα τὸ χωρίον ἦν ἐπιμαχώτατον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 12 7:1)
  • γίνεταί τ’ αὐτῶν συχνοῦ ἐλθόντοσ ὄχλου δύο στρατεύματα περὶ τὰσ ἐπιμάχουσ λαγόνασ τοῦ λόφου, πολλά τ’ ἄλλα φρούρια βραχύτερα κατὰ τοὺσ ἧττον ἐπικαίρουσ τόπουσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 14 6:1)
  • Οὐ πολλαῖσ δὲ ὕστερον ἡμέραισ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἀναλαβὼν τούσ τε ὑπασπιστὰσ καὶ τὴν τῶν ἑταίρων ἵππον καὶ τὴν Ἀμύντου τε καὶ Περδίκκου καὶ Μελεάγρου τάξιν τὴν πεζικὴν καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ τοὺσ τοξότασ καὶ τοὺσ Ἀγριᾶνασ περιῆλθε τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐσ τὸ πρὸσ Μύνδον μέροσ, τό τε τεῖχοσ κατοψόμενοσ, εἰ ταύτῃ ἐπιμαχώτερον τυγχάνει ὂν ἐσ τὴν προσβολὴν, καὶ ἅμα εἰ τὴν Μύνδον ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆσ δύναιτο λαθὼν κατασχεῖν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 20 5:1)
  • Ἀλέξανδροσ δὲ ὡσ ἀφίκετο πρὸσ τὴν πόλιν, τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ᾗ μάλιστα ἐπίμαχον αὐτῷ ἐφαίνετο τὸ τεῖχοσ, καὶ μηχανὰσ συμπηγνύναι ἐκέλευσεν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 26 2:1)
  • καὶ ἐχώννυτο κατὰ κατὰ τὸ νότιον μάλιστα τῆσ πόλεωσ τεῖχοσ, ἵνα ἐπιμαχώτερα ἐφαίνετο. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 26 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. equipped for battle

  2. ally

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