Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ναύμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναύμαχος ναύμαχον

Structure: ναυμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. of or for a sea-fight, boarding

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ναύμαχος ναύμαχον
Genitive ναυμάχου ναυμάχου
Dative ναυμάχῳ ναυμάχῳ
Accusative ναύμαχον ναύμαχον
Vocative ναύμαχε ναύμαχον
DualN/A/V ναυμάχω ναυμάχω
G/D ναυμάχοιν ναυμάχοιν
PluralNominative ναύμαχοι ναύμαχα
Genitive ναυμάχων ναυμάχων
Dative ναυμάχοις ναυμάχοις
Accusative ναυμάχους ναύμαχα
Vocative ναύμαχοι ναύμαχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ναύμαχος ναυμάχου ναυμαχότερος ναυμαχοτέρου ναυμαχότατος ναυμαχοτάτου
Adverb ναυμάχως ναυμαχότερον ναυμαχότατα

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

  • ᾧ νεῦμα Κρονίδαο τὸ παγκρατέσ, ᾦ καὶ Ὄλυμπον καὶ τὰν Αἰάντοσ ναύμαχον εἶπε βίαν, καὶ τὸν Ἀχιλλείοισ Φαρσαλίσιν Ἕκτορα, πώλοισ ὀστέα Δαρδανικῷ δρυπτόμενον πεδίῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅ γε νηῶν ἴκρι’ ἐπῴχετο μακρὰ βιβάσθων, νώμα δὲ ξυστὸν μέγα ναύμαχον ἐν παλάμῃσι κολλητὸν βλήτροισι δυωκαιεικοσίπηχυ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 66:2)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν μουσοπόλον, ῥητῆρα, δικασπόλον, ἄκρον ἅπαντα, τύμβοσ ὅδ’ εὐγενέτην Μαρτινιανὸν ἔχω, ναυμάχον ἐν πελάγεσσιν, ἀρήιον ἐν πεδίοισιν ἀλλ’ ἀποτῆλε τάφου, πρίν τι κακὸν παθέειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1081)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a sea-fight

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION