πρόμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προμάχομαι (promákhomai, “to fight in front”), from προ- (pro-) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to fight, do battle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.ma.kʰos/ → /ˈpro.ma.xos/ → /ˈpro.ma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.ma.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ma.xos/

Noun

πρόμᾰχος • (prómăkhos) m (genitive προμάχου); second declension

1. champion, foremost fighter

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πρόμᾰχος; τοῦ προμᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρόμᾰχος ho prómăkhos	τὼ προμᾰ́χω tṑ promắkhō	οἱ πρόμᾰχοι hoi prómăkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ προμᾰ́χου toû promắkhou	τοῖν προμᾰ́χοιν toîn promắkhoin	τῶν προμᾰ́χων tôn promắkhōn
Dative	τῷ προμᾰ́χῳ tôi promắkhōi	τοῖν προμᾰ́χοιν toîn promắkhoin	τοῖς προμᾰ́χοις toîs promắkhois
Accusative	τὸν πρόμᾰχον tòn prómăkhon	τὼ προμᾰ́χω tṑ promắkhō	τοὺς προμᾰ́χους toùs promắkhous
Vocative	πρόμᾰχε prómăkhe	προμᾰ́χω promắkhō	πρόμᾰχοι prómăkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πρόμᾰχος; προμᾰ́χου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πρόμᾰχος prómăkhos	προμᾰ́χω promắkhō	πρόμᾰχοι prómăkhoi
Genitive	προμᾰ́χου / προμᾰχοῖο / προμᾰ́χοιο / προμᾰχόο / προμᾰ́χοο promắkhou / promăkhoîo / promắkhoio / promăkhóo / promắkhoo	προμᾰ́χοιῐν promắkhoiĭn	προμᾰ́χων promắkhōn
Dative	προμᾰ́χῳ promắkhōi	προμᾰ́χοιῐν promắkhoiĭn	προμᾰ́χοισῐ / προμᾰ́χοισῐν / προμᾰ́χοις promắkhoisĭ(n) / promắkhois
Accusative	πρόμᾰχον prómăkhon	προμᾰ́χω promắkhō	προμᾰ́χους promắkhous
Vocative	πρόμᾰχε prómăkhe	προμᾰ́χω promắkhō	πρόμᾰχοι prómăkhoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πρόμαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρόμαχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρόμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press