πεζομαχία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πεζομαχίη (pezomakhíē) — Ionic

Etymology

πεζός (pezós, “on foot”) +‎ μάχη (mákhē, “combat”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pez.do.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/ → /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pez.do.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.zo.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/

Noun

πεζομᾰχίᾱ • (pezomakhíā) f (genitive πεζομᾰχίᾱς); first declension

1. land battle

Declension

First declension of ἡ πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē pezomakhíā	τὼ πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ pezomakhíā	αἱ πεζομᾰχῐ́αι hai pezomakhíai
Genitive	τῆς πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês pezomakhíās	τοῖν πεζομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn pezomakhíain	τῶν πεζομᾰχῐῶν tôn pezomakhiôn
Dative	τῇ πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi pezomakhíāi	τοῖν πεζομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn pezomakhíain	ταῖς πεζομᾰχῐ́αις taîs pezomakhíais
Accusative	τὴν πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn pezomakhíān	τὼ πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ pezomakhíā	τᾱ̀ς πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s pezomakhíās
Vocative	πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ pezomakhíā	πεζομᾰχῐ́ᾱ pezomakhíā	πεζομᾰχῐ́αι pezomakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• πεζομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πεζομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • fight idem, page 318.
  • foot idem, page 333.
  • infantry idem, page 437.
  • land idem, page 475.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεζομαχίᾱ (pezomakhíā). By surface analysis, πεζο- (pezo-, “foot”) +‎ μάχη (máchi, “combat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.zo.maˈçi.a/

Noun

πεζομαχία • (pezomachía) f (plural πεζομαχίες)

1. infantry battle

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	πεζομαχία (pezomachía)	πεζομαχίες (pezomachíes)
genitive	πεζομαχίας (pezomachías)	πεζομαχιών (pezomachión)
accusative	πεζομαχία (pezomachía)	πεζομαχίες (pezomachíes)
vocative	πεζομαχία (pezomachía)	πεζομαχίες (pezomachíes)