Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μαχητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαχητός μαχητή μαχητόν

Structure: μαχητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be fought with

Examples

  • ἤκουσαν ἔθνη φωνήν σου, καὶ τῆσ κραυγῆσ σου ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ, ὅτι μαχητὴσ πρὸσ μαχητὴν ἠσθένησαν, ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔπεσαν ἀμφότεροι. ——— (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 26:11)
  • περὶ δ’ ἄλλων φασὶ γενέσθαι Ἀντίλοχον, πέρι μὲν θείειν ταχὺν ἠδὲ μαχητήν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 22:9)
  • αὐτίκα δ’ εἰσ ὑπερῷ’ ἀναβὰσ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ Ἑρμείασ ἀκάκητα, πόρεν δέ οἱ ἀγλαὸν υἱὸν Εὔδωρον πέρι μὲν θείειν ταχὺν ἠδὲ μαχητήν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 14:9)

Synonyms

  1. to be fought with

Derived

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

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