Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠκυμάχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκυμάχος ὠκυμάχον

Structure: ὠκυμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. quick to fight

Examples

  • ἔντεα Βρέττιοι ἄνδρεσ ἀπ’ αἰνομόρων βάλον ὤμων, θεινόμενοι Λοκρῶν χερσὶν ὕπ’ ὠκυμάχων, ὧν ἀρετὰν ὑμνεῦντα θεῶν ὑπ’ ἀνάκτορα κεῖνται, οὐδὲ ποθεῦντι κακῶν πάχεασ, οὓσ ἔλιπον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1321)

Synonyms

  1. quick to fight

Similar forms

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

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