μάχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μάχα (mákha) — Doric

Etymology

From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

μᾰ́χη • (mákhē) f (genitive μᾰ́χης); first declension

1. battle, combat
2. quarrel, strife, dispute
3. contest, game
4. battlefield
5. (logic) contradiction, inconsistency

Declension

Synonyms

• (contest): ἀγών (agṓn)

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: -machy (through -μαχία (-makhía))

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• 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)

1. (military) battle, combat
2. fight, struggle

Declension

Derived terms

• αερομαχία f (aeromachía, “air combat”)
• πεζομαχία f (pezomachía, “infantry battle”)