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μάχη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάχη μάχης

Structure: μαχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. battle, combat
  2. quarrel, strife, dispute
  3. contest, game
  4. battlefield
  5. (logic) contradiction, inconsistency

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μάχη μάχᾱ μάχαι
Genitive μάχης μάχαιν μαχῶν
Dative μάχῃ μάχαιν μάχαις
Accusative μάχην μάχᾱ μάχᾱς
Vocative μάχη μάχᾱ μάχαι

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

  • οἱ δὲ τοσοῦτον κατεγέλασαν τοῦ σοφίσματοσ ὥστ’ οὐδὲν μᾶλλον οἱ πρὸσ Αἰγίνῃ τότ’ ἐκινήθησαν τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ μηδὲν πεπυσμένων, ἀλλὰ τὸ λοιπὸν τῆσ ἡλικίασ οἱ πρεσβύτατοι καὶ νεώτατοι βοηθοῦσιν εἰσ τὰ Μέγαρα, καὶ δυοῖν μάχαιν ἑξῆσ κρείττουσ τῆσ τῶν Κορινθίων καὶ Πελοποννησίων ἀκμῆσ ἐφάνησαν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 65:13)

Synonyms

  1. battle

  2. quarrel

  3. contest

  4. battlefield

  5. contradiction

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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