μαχητής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾰχαιτᾱ́ς (makhaitā́s) — Aeolic
• μᾰχᾱ́τᾱς (makhā́tās) — Doric
• μᾰχᾱτᾱ́ρ (makhātā́r) — Laconian

Etymology

From μᾰ́χομαι (mákhomai, “fight”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ma.çiˈtis/ → /ma.çiˈtis/

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

Noun

μᾰχητής • (makhētḗs) m (genitive μᾰχητοῦ); first declension

1. fighter, warrior

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μᾰχητής; τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰχητής ho makhētḗs	τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ makhētā́	οἱ μᾰχηταί hoi makhētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ toû makhētoû	τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn makhētaîn	τῶν μᾰχητῶν tôn makhētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰχητῇ tôi makhētêi	τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn makhētaîn	τοῖς μᾰχηταῖς toîs makhētaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰχητήν tòn makhētḗn	τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ makhētā́	τοὺς μᾰχητᾱ́ς toùs makhētā́s
Vocative	μᾰχητᾰ́ makhētá	μᾰχητᾱ́ makhētā́	μᾰχηταί makhētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγχιμαχητής (ankhimakhētḗs)

Further reading

• “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μαχητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μαχητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μαχητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Noun

μαχητής • (machitís) m (plural μαχητές)

1. warrior, fighter, combatant

Declension

Declension of μαχητής

	singular	plural
nominative	μαχητής (machitís)	μαχητές (machités)
genitive	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητών (machitón)
accusative	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητές (machités)
vocative	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητές (machités)

Synonyms

• πολεμιστής m (polemistís)

See also

• παλικάρι n (palikári, “brave man”)