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

  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα παρατάξεωσ γενομένησ καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων ἰσόμαχον ποιούντων τὸν κίνδυνον ὁ τῶν ἀποστατῶν στρατηγὸσ Σατιβαρζάνησ, ἀφελὼν ταῖσ χερσὶ τὸ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν κράνοσ καὶ δείξασ αὑτὸν ὃσ ἦν, προεκαλέσατο τὸν βουλόμενον τῶν στρατηγῶν μονομαχῆσαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 83 7:1)

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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