μάχη

See also: μάχῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μάχα (mákha) — Doric

Etymology

From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).

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 • (mákhē) f (genitive μᾰ́χης); first declension

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́χη; τῆς μᾰ́χης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́χη hē mákhē	τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mákhā	αἱ μᾰ́χαι hai mákhai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́χης tês mákhēs	τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mákhain	τῶν μᾰχῶν tôn makhôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́χῃ têi mákhēi	τοῖν μᾰ́χαιν toîn mákhain	ταῖς μᾰ́χαις taîs mákhais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́χην tḕn mákhēn	τὼ μᾰ́χᾱ tṑ mákhā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́χᾱς tā̀s mákhās
Vocative	μᾰ́χη mákhē	μᾰ́χᾱ mákhā	μᾰ́χαι mákhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (contest): ἀγών (agṓn)

Derived terms

• Ἀμαζονομαχία (Amazonomakhía)
• Ἀντιμάχη (Antimákhē)
• Ἀντίμαχος (Antímakhos)
• Ᾰ̓ρῐστόμᾰχος (Aristómakhos)
• Δωρίμαχος (Dōrímakhos)
• Ἐπίμαχος (Epímakhos)
• Εὐρύμαχος (Eurúmakhos)
• Θρασύμαχος (Thrasúmakhos)
• ἱππομαχία (hippomakhía)
• ἱππομάχος (hippomákhos)
• Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος (Kallímakhos)
• Κλειτόμᾰχος (Kleitómakhos)
• 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 (Tūphōnomakhíā)
• Φυλομάχην (Phulomákhēn)

 

Descendants

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

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^[1], 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 (mákhē).

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”)