The corpus record

ναύμαχος

naumachos

of, for a sea-fight, for sea-battles

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Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ναύμᾰχ-ος · naumach-os — LSJ

of, for a sea-fight, for sea-battles

of or for a sea-fight, ξυστὰ ν. pikes for sea-battles, Il. 15.389, cf. 677; δόρατα ν. Hdt. 7.89, cf. D.Chr. 11.117, Opp. H. 5.301, C. 2.62.

II fighting at sea

parox. ναυμάχος, Act., fighting at sea, AP 7.741 (Crin.), Ath. 4.154f, IG 3.1202.146 (iii A. D.).

In the wild

ναύμαχα · naumacha Herodotus, Histories 7.89.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7591)
ναύμαχα · naumacha Iliad 15.389
ναύμαχον · naumachon Iliad 15.677

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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