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

  • ὑπὸ τῆσ παρ’ ἀλλήλασ θέσεωσ ἀποχραινομέναισ, ὥστε σφοδροὺσ ἑκατέρασ φαίνεσθαι, καὶ ἔρωτασ ἑαυτῶν λυττῶντασ τοῖσ ἄφροσιν ἐντίκτειν καὶ περιμαχήτουσ εἶναι, ὥσπερ τὸ τῆσ Ἑλένησ εἴδωλον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Τροίᾳ Στησίχορόσ φησι γενέσθαι περιμάχητον ἀγνοίᾳ τοῦ ἀληθοῦσ; (Plato, Republic, book 9 399:1)
  • πολεμῶν γὰρ περὶ τῆσ ἡγεμονίασ ἐπεχείρει πρώτοισ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἐγγύθεν, καὶ καθάπερ αὐτῆσ τῆσ Μαγνήτιδοσ τὰ πολλὰ μέρη Μακεδονίαν ἐποίησε καὶ τῆσ Θρᾴκησ καὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ τῆσ κύκλῳ γῆσ, οὕτω καὶ τὰσ πρὸ τῆσ Μαγνησίασ νήσουσ ἀφῃρεῖτο, καὶ τὰσ ὑπ’ οὐδενὸσ γνωριζομένασ πρότερον περιμαχήτουσ καὶ γνωρίμουσ ἐποίει. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 5 23:11)

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

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