ἀγχιμαχητής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγχέμαχος (ankhémakhos), ἀγχίμαχος (ankhímakhos)

Etymology

From ἄγχι (ánkhi) +‎ μαχητής (makhētḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰi.ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /aɲ.çi.ma.çiˈtis/ → /aɲ.çi.ma.çiˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰi.ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰi.ma.kʰe̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çi.ma.çiˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çi.ma.çiˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çi.ma.çiˈtis/

Adjective

ἀγχῐμᾰχητής • (ankhĭmăkhētḗs)

1. (Epic) fighting hand-to-hand

Declension

Attested only in the masculine plural.

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	ἀγχῐμᾰχηταί ankhĭmăkhētaí
Genitive	ἀγχῐμᾰχητᾱ́ων / ἀγχῐμᾰχητέ͜ων / ἀγχῐμᾰχητῶν ankhĭmăkhētā́ōn / ankhĭmăkhēté͜ōn / ankhĭmăkhētôn
Dative	ἀγχῐμᾰχητῇσῐ / ἀγχῐμᾰχητῇσῐν / ἀγχῐμᾰχητῇς / ἀγχῐμᾰχηταῖς ankhĭmăkhētêisĭ(n) / ankhĭmăkhētêis / ankhĭmăkhētaîs
Accusative	ἀγχῐμᾰχητᾱ́ς ankhĭmăkhētā́s
Vocative	ἀγχῐμᾰχηταί ankhĭmăkhētaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of ἀγχῐμᾰχηταί; ἀγχῐμᾰχητᾱ́ων (Epic)

Further reading

• “ἀγχιμαχητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγχιμαχητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγχιμαχητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγχιμαχητής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγχιμαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press