πρόμαχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προμάχομαι (promákhomai, “to fight in front”), from προ- (pro-) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to fight, do battle”)}}
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pró.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/
Noun
πρόμᾰχος • (prómakhos) m (genitive προμάχου); second declension
- champion, foremost fighter
Declension
Second declension of ὁ πρόμᾰχος; τοῦ προμᾰ́χου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πρόμᾰχος ho prómakhos | τὼ προμᾰ́χω tṑ promákhō | οἱ πρόμᾰχοι hoi prómakhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προμᾰ́χου toû promákhou | τοῖν προμᾰ́χοιν toîn promákhoin | τῶν προμᾰ́χων tôn promákhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προμᾰ́χῳ tôi promákhōi | τοῖν προμᾰ́χοιν toîn promákhoin | τοῖς προμᾰ́χοις toîs promákhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πρόμᾰχον tòn prómakhon | τὼ προμᾰ́χω tṑ promákhō | τοὺς προμᾰ́χους toùs promákhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρόμᾰχε prómakhe | προμᾰ́χω promákhō | πρόμᾰχοι prómakhoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πρόμαχος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρόμαχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πρόμαχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press