Scaife ATLAS

μάχη μάχη (ᾰ), ἡ, μάχομαι battle, fight, combat, Hom., etc.; μάχαι ναῶν sea fights, Pind.:—with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι to fight a battle, Il., Attic; μάχην ἀρτύνειν, ἐγείρειν, ὀρνύμεν, ὀτρύνειν Il.; μάχην συνάπτειν or συμβάλλειν τινί to engage battle with one, Aesch., Eur.; also, διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, μολεῖν Hdt., Attic; μάχην νικᾶν to win a battle, Xen.:— μάχη τινός battle with an enemy, Il., etc. in pl. quarrels, strifes, wranglings, Il., Plat. = ἀγών, a contest for a prize in the games, Pind.: generally a struggle, Xen. a mode of fighting, way of battle, Hdt., Xen. a field of battle, Xen.

ShortDef

battle, fight, combat

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Headword:

μάχη

Headword (normalized):

μάχη

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μαχη

IDX:

20376

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20397

Key:

ma/xh

Data

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