Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόμαχος πρόμαχον

Structure: προμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. fighting before or in front, the foremost fighters, champions, among the foremost, champion
  2. fighting for

Examples

  • Άνδρασ μὲν πόλισ ἥδε ποθεῖ καὶ δῆμοσ Ἐρεχθεέωσ, πρόσθε Ποτειδαίασ οἳ θάνον ἐν προμάχοισ, παῖδεσ Ἀθηναίων, ψύχασ δ’ ἀντίρροπα θέντεσ ἠλλάξαντ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ πατρίδ’ εὐκλέϊσαν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters132)
  • οὐκ ἐνάριθμοσ γεγαὼσ ἐν προμάχοισ Ἀχαιῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ κρανῶν ἰθαρᾶν νᾶμα κέλευθον δυσκλήσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 22 3:1)
  • ἦ γὰρ τοῦ παλάμασ ἄπο ῥίμφα θοροῦσα ἐν προμάχοισ Ὀδρύσασ δήιον ἀμπεδίον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1223)
  • οἵδε παρ’ Εὐρυμέδοντά ποτ’ ἀγλαὸν ὤλεσαν ἥβην μαρνάμενοι Μήδων τοξοφόρων προμάχοισ αἰχμηταὶ πεζοί τε καὶ ὠκυπόρων ἐπὶ νηῶν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2581)
  • ὤλετο δ’ ἐν προμάχοισ ὀξὺν Ἄρη συνάγων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3042)

Synonyms

  1. fighting for

Related

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

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