μάχη
See also: μάχῃ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.kʰe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.xi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.çi/
Noun
μᾰ́χη • (mákhē) f (genitive μᾰ́χης); first declension
- battle, combat
- quarrel, strife, dispute
- contest, game
- battlefield
- (logic) contradiction, inconsistency
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰ́χη hē mákhē |
τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mákhā |
αἱ μᾰ́χαι hai mákhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰ́χης tês mákhēs |
τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mákhain |
τῶν μᾰχῶν tôn makhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰ́χῃ têi mákhēi |
τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mákhain |
ταῖς μᾰ́χαις taîs mákhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰ́χην tḕn mákhēn |
τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mákhā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́χᾱς tā̀s mákhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́χη mákhē |
μᾰ́χᾱ mákhā |
μᾰ́χαι mákhai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (contest): ἀγών (agṓn)
Derived terms
- Τῡφωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Tūphōnomakhíā)
- Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos)
- Ἀντίμαχος (Antímakhos)
References
- μάχη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάχη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάχη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μάχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάχη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3163 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- battle idem, page 65.
- battle-field idem, page 65.
- brawl idem, page 94.
- combat idem, page 144.
- conflict idem, page 159.
- contest idem, page 168.
- encounter idem, page 271.
- engagement idem, page 274.
- fight idem, page 318.
- fighting idem, page 319.
- fray idem, page 343.
- strife idem, page 825.
- struggle idem, page 828.
- tactics idem, page 852.
- undecided idem, page 912.
- warfare idem, page 964.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη (mákhē).
Noun
μάχη • (máchi) f (plural μάχες)
Declension
Derived terms
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