μάχομαι (machomai)

Where it lives

Laches 18 · 23.46/10k
Iliad 224 · 20.09/10k
Agesilaus 14 · 19.03/10k
Shield of Heracles 6 · 18.55/10k
Anabasis 61 · 10.85/10k
Cyropaedia 82 · 10.4/10k
Hellenica 57 · 8.67/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 4 · 6.95/10k
Menexenus 3 · 6.24/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k

Densest 12 of 76 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

fight, fight with, against, against, with thy help, will fight, fight, fight, the force that had, come into action

fight, Hom., etc.; ὑσμῖνι μ. Il. 2.863; πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μ. ib. 452, etc.; μάχην μ. X. Ages. 5.5: in Hom. mostly of armies and persons fighting as parts of armies, but sts. of single combat, Il. 3.91, 433, 7.51, 111, 279, Od. 18.31, 39; between men and beasts, Il. 15.633, Od. 20.15; between beasts, Il. 16.824:—Constr.: c. dat. pers., fight with, i.e. against, one, ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μ. Il. 1.151, cf. S. Ph. 1253, etc.; μ. ἀντία, ἐναντίον τινός, Il. 20.88, 97; ἐπί τινι 5.124, etc.; πρός τινα 17.471, but

2 fight against

c. acc., fight against, only f.l. in Philostr. Im. 2.23.

II quarrel, wrangle, make a scene, dispute, argue

generally, quarrel, wrangle, ἔριδι μ. Il. 1.8; μ. ἐπέεσσιν ib. 304, etc.; τινι 5.875, 13.118; τῷ παιδὶ μ. make a scene with . . , Thphr. Char. 23.8; dispute, argue, περί τι μ. Pl. R. 342d, etc.

III contend for the mastery, measure oneself with, against

contend for the mastery in games, etc., πὺξ μ. Il. 23.621; measure oneself with or against, τινι 1.272; παγκράτιον μ. Ar. V. 1190, 1195; μ. Ὀλυμπιάδα Philostr. Gym. 21.

IV struggle against

after Hom., struggle against a force, ἀνάγκᾳ δʼ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μ. Simon. 5.21; ὄμβρῳ Alc. Supp. 26.4; πρὸς ἡνίας μ. A. Pr. 1010; πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας ἢ ἡδονάς Pl. La. 191e; μ. τῷ λιμῷ, τῷ δίψει, X. Cyr. 3.1.5.

V struggle, make an effort

c. inf., struggle, make an effort to do, Arist. HA 552a23.

VI to be in contradiction, inconsistent

of arguments, propositions, etc., to be in contradiction or inconsistent, τρία ὁμολογήματα μ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς Pl. Tht. 155b, cf. Plb. 16.28.4; μαχόμενα Phld. Mus. p.95 K., S.E. P. 1.198, al.

In the wild

μαχώμεθʼ · machōmethʼ Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 589
μαχοῦνται · machountai Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 739–740
μάχεσθαι · machesthai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..19 (DIORISIS sentence 241)
μάχεται · machetai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..5 (DIORISIS sentence 70)
μάχεσθαι · machesthai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
μάχονται · machontai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μάχομαι (scan pp. 967-968; entry #3967).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μάχομαι (scan p. 690; entry #5127).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μάχομαι (scan pp. 1159-1160; entry #3771).

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