fight in a phalanx, fight in the ranks
fight in a phalanx; generally, fight in the ranks, opp. ἱππομ-, πυργομ-, X. Cyr. 6.4.18, cf. D.S. 19.30.
The corpus record
φᾰλαγγο-μᾰχέω
phalaggomacheo
fight in a phalanx
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Where it lives
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- φαλαγγομαχεῖν · phalangomachein Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.4.18 (DIORISIS sentence 3462)
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.