Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσόμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόμαχος ἰσόμαχον

Structure: ἰσομαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. equal in battle

Examples

  • κατ’ ἀρχὰσ μὲν οὖν ὀκνηρῶσ εἶχον ἑκάτεροι πάσαισ ἀποκινδυνεῦσαι ταῖσ δυνάμεσι δεδιότεσ τὰσ ἀλλήλων παρασκευάσ, ἀκροβολισμοὺσ δὲ κατιόντεσ ἐκ τῶν ἐρυμάτων οἱ ψιλοὶ παρ’ ἑκατέρων συνεχεῖσ ἐποιοῦντο καὶ ἦσαν ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ ἰσόμαχοι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 52 3:2)
  • σταθμεύουσι δ’ ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστοι, καὶ ἐσμὲν αὐτοῖσ κατὰ μέροσ ἰσόμαχοι, τόλμῃ δὲ καὶ εὐτυχίᾳ προύχομεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 1:9)
  • καὶ φανέντεσ ἀλλήλοισ ἰσόμαχοι μετὰ σκότουσ διεκρίθησαν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 10 5:9)

Synonyms

  1. equal in battle

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

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