σύμμαχος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From συν- (sun-, “with”) + the root of μάχη (mákhē, “battle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sým.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma.xos/
Adjective
[edit]σῠ́μμᾰχος • (súmmakhos) m or f (neuter σῠ́μμᾰχον); second declension
- fighting along with, leagued or allied with
- (nominalized, masculine) ally
- (Byzantine, nominalized, masculine) a kind of public emissary of tax administration
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | σῠ́μμᾰχος súmmakhos |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠ́μμᾰχοι súmmakhoi |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Genitive | σῠμμᾰ́χου summákhou |
σῠμμᾰ́χου summákhou |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χων summákhōn |
σῠμμᾰ́χων summákhōn | ||||||||
Dative | σῠμμᾰ́χῳ summákhōi |
σῠμμᾰ́χῳ summákhōi |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοις summákhois |
σῠμμᾰ́χοις summákhois | ||||||||
Accusative | σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χους summákhous |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Vocative | σῠ́μμᾰχε súmmakhe |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠ́μμᾰχοι súmmakhoi |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σῠμμᾰ́χως summákhōs |
σῠμμᾰχώτερος summakhṓteros |
σῠμμᾰχώτᾰτος summakhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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The form συμμαχίς (summakhís) functions as the feminine of this adjective.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “σύμμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύμμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adherent idem, page 11.
- allied idem, page 25.
- ally idem, page 25.
- confederate idem, page 157.
- federal idem, page 313.
- Oertel, Friedrich (1917) Die Liturgie. Studien zur ptolemäischen und kaiserlichen Verwaltung Ägyptens[2] (in German), Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, page 412