Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιμάχητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιμάχητος περιμάχητον

Structure: περιμαχητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fought about, fought for or to be fought for, a thing one would fight for

Examples

  • ὕστερον δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ τελευτῶντοσ ἔταξε καθιστάναι τὸν ἄριστον ἀρετῇ κριθέντα τῶν ὑπὲρ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη γεγονότων, καὶ μέγιστοσ ἐδόκει τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποισ ἀγώνων οὗτοσ εἶναι καὶ περιμαχητότατοσ· (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 26 1:2)

Related

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

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