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

  • διότι ἐνέτεινά σε, Ἰούδα, ἐμαυτῷ εἰσ τόξον, ἔπλησα τὸν Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ἐξεγερῶ τὰ τέκνα σου, Σιών, ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε ὡσ ρομφαίαν μαχητοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 9:13)
  • ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγείρω ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα συναγωγὰσ ἐθνῶν ἐκ γῆσ βορρᾶ, καὶ παρατάξονται αὐτῇ. ἐκεῖθεν ἁλώσεται, ὡσ βολὶσ μαχητοῦ συνετοῦ οὐκ ἐπιστρέψει κενή. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 27:9)

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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