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The corpus record

βῐαιο-μᾰχέω

biaiomacheo

fight at close quarters

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What it meant

βῐαιο-μᾰχέω · biaio-macheō — LSJ

fight at close quarters

fight at close quarters, of ships, opp. ταχυναυτεῖν, Plb. 1.27.12: generally, Id. 5.84.2, Phld. Rh. 1.195 S.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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