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μάχη

mache · ἡ

battle, combat

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 6 · 18.55/10k
  • Agesilaus 12 · 16.31/10k
  • Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 7 · 13.91/10k
  • Phoenissae 13 · 13.47/10k
  • Persians 6 · 11.79/10k
  • Iliad 131 · 11.75/10k
  • History 160 · 10.7/10k
  • Suppliants 7 · 9.95/10k
  • Proverbia 10 · 9/10k
  • Heracles 7 · 8.94/10k
  • Hellenica 57 · 8.67/10k

Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

battle, combat, single combat, a battle, battle, in battle, battle with, strifes, contention, strife

battle, combat, freq. in Hom., usu. of armies, μ. καὶ φύλοπις Il. 13.789; ἐπὶ ἶσα μ. τέτατο πτόλεμός τε 12.436; μ. ἐνοπή τε 12.35; μάχαι τʼ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε 7.237; sts. of single combat, ib. 158, 232, 263; μ. καὶ δηϊοτής ib. 290; ναῶν ἐν μάχαις Pi. N. 9.34; μάχαις καὶ ναυμαχίαις Lys. 30.26; μάχη δορός A. Ag. 439 (lyr.), etc.: with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι fight a battle, Il. 15.414, etc.; θήσονται μ. 24.402; μάχας εἰσήλυθον 2.798; ἀρτύνθη μ. 11.216; μ. ἤγειραν 17.261; μ. ὀρνύμεν, ὤτρυνον, 9.353, 12.

2 contest

= ἀγών, contest, as for a prize in the games, Pi. O. 8.58 (but ἄεθλα, opp. μάχαι πολέμου, Id. O. 2.44).

3 struggle

struggle, μηχανή τε πολλὴ καὶ μ. ἦν περί τινος X. Cyr. 7.5.38.

II mode of fighting, way of battle

mode of fighting, way of battle, ἡ μ. σφέων ἦν ἀπʼ ἵππων Hdt. 1.79; ἐπίστασθαι τὴν μ. τινῶν Id. 7.9.α, cf. 7.85, X. Cyr. 2.1.7.

III field of battle

field of battle, interpol. in Id. An. 2.2.6, 5.5.4.

IV contradiction, inconsistency

in Logic, contradiction, inconsistency, Epict. Ench. 52.1, S.E. M. 7.392.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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