μάχη

See also: μάχῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μάχα (mákha) — Doric

Etymology

From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.kʰɛː/ → /ˈma.çi/ → /ˈma.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.çi/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́χη hē mắkhē	τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mắkhā	αἱ μᾰ́χαι hai mắkhai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́χης tês mắkhēs	τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mắkhain	τῶν μᾰχῶν tôn măkhôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́χῃ têi mắkhēi	τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mắkhain	ταῖς μᾰ́χαις taîs mắkhais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́χην tḕn mắkhēn	τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mắkhā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́χᾱς tā̀s mắkhās
Vocative	μᾰ́χη mắkhē	μᾰ́χᾱ mắkhā	μᾰ́χαι mắkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́χη; τῆς μᾰ́χης (Attic)

Synonyms

• (contest): ἀγών (agṓn)

Derived terms

• Ἀμαζονομαχία (Amazonomakhía)
• Ἀντιμάχη (Antimákhē)
• Ἀντίμαχος (Antímakhos)
• Ᾰ̓ρῐστόμᾰχος (Ărĭstómăkhos)
• Δωρίμαχος (Dōrímakhos)
• Ἐπίμαχος (Epímakhos)
• Εὐρύμαχος (Eurúmakhos)
• Θρασύμαχος (Thrasúmakhos)
• ἱππομαχία (hippomakhía)
• ἱππομάχος (hippomákhos)
• Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος (Kăllĭ́măkhos)
• Κλειτόμᾰχος (Kleitómăkhos)
• μάχαιρα (mákhaira)
• μαχητής (makhētḗs)
• μονομαχία (monomakhía)
• μονομάχος (monomákhos)
• ναυμαχία (naumakhía)
• ναυμάχος (naumákhos)
• Νικόμαχος (Nikómakhos)
• ὁπλομαχία (hoplomakhía)
• ὁπλομάχος (hoplomákhos)
• πεζομαχία (pezomakhía)
• πεζομάχος (pezomákhos)
• Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos)
• Τῡφωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Tūphōnomăkhĭ́ā)
• Φυλομάχην (Phulomákhēn)

Descendants

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

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 916-7

Further reading

• “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 (mắkhē).

Noun

μάχη • (máchi) f (plural μάχες)

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

Declension

Declension of μάχη

	singular	plural
nominative	μάχη (máchi)	μάχες (máches)
genitive	μάχης (máchis)	μαχών (machón)
accusative	μάχη (máchi)	μάχες (máches)
vocative	μάχη (máchi)	μάχες (máches)

Derived terms

• αερομαχία f (aeromachía, “air combat”)
• πεζομαχία f (pezomachía, “infantry battle”)
• μαχητής m (machitís, “warrior”)