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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́χομαι (mákhomai, “fight”) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ma.çiˈtis/ → /ma.çiˈtis/
Noun
μᾰχητής • (makhētḗs) m (genitive μᾰχητοῦ); first declension
- fighter, warrior
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Further reading
- “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μαχητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μαχητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μαχητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
Noun
μαχητής • (machitís) m (plural μαχητές)
- warrior, fighter, combatant
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