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ναυμάχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναυμάχος

Structure: ναυμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fighting at sea

Examples

  • ὅ τε γὰρ Μέμνων μέγα ἀξίωμα ἔχων ἐτρώθη καιρίωσ, τήν τε Ἀμαζόνα ἀπέκτεινε Νεοπτόλεμοσ καταδραμοῦσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ ναῦσ ἰταμώτερον καὶ πειρωμένην ἐμπρῆσαι, μαχόμενοσ ἐκ τῆσ νεὼσ ναυμάχῳ δόρατι, καὶ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἀποθνῄσκει Φιλοκτήτῃ διατοξευόμενοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 147:3)

Synonyms

  1. fighting at sea

Derived

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

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