μαχητής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰχαιτᾱ́ς (makhaitā́s) – Aeolic
- μᾰχᾱ́τᾱς (makhā́tās) – Doric
- μᾰχᾱτᾱ́ρ (makhātā́r) – Laconian
Etymology
From μᾰ́χομαι (mákhomai, “fight”) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.kʰe̝ˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.çiˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.çiˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.çiˈtis/
Noun
μᾰχητής • (makhētḗs) m (genitive μᾰχητοῦ); first declension
- fighter, warrior
Inflection
First declension of ὁ μᾰχητής; τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰχητής ho makhētḗs | τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ makhētā́ | οἱ μᾰχηταί hoi makhētaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ toû makhētoû | τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn makhētaîn | τῶν μᾰχητῶν tôn makhētôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰχητῇ tôi makhētêi | τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn makhētaîn | τοῖς μᾰχηταῖς toîs makhētaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰχητήν tòn makhētḗn | τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ makhētā́ | τοὺς μᾰχητᾱ́ς toùs makhētā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰχητᾰ́ makhētá | μᾰχητᾱ́ makhētā́ | μᾰχηταί makhētaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀγχιμαχητής (ankhimakhētḗs)
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
Declension
declension of μαχητής
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | μαχητής • | μαχητές • |
genitive | μαχητή • | μαχητών • |
accusative | μαχητή • | μαχητές • |
vocative | μαχητή • | μαχητές • |
Synonyms
- πολεμιστής m (polemistís)
See also
- παλικάρι n (palikári, “brave man”)