Ἀντίμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “against”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.ma.kʰos/ → /anˈti.ma.xos/ → /anˈdi.ma.xos/

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

Proper noun

Ἀντῐ́μᾰχος • (Antĭ́măkhos) m (genitive Ἀντιμᾰ́χου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Antimachus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐ́μᾰχος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐμᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐ́μᾰχος ho Ăntĭ́măkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐμᾰ́χου toû Ăntĭmắkhou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ντῐμᾰ́χῳ tôi Ăntĭmắkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ντῐ́μᾰχον tòn Ăntĭ́măkhon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ντῐ́μᾰχε Ăntĭ́măkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αντίμαχος (Antímachos)
• Latin: Antimachus

References

• “Ἀντίμαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀντίμαχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001