μάχη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάχομαι (makhomai, “I do battle”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /mákʰɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /mákʰeː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /máxi/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /máçi/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /máçi/

Noun

μάχη (genitive μάχης) f, first declension; (makhē)

1. battle, combat
2. quarrel, strife, dispute
3. contest, game
4. battlefield
5. (logic) contradiction, inconsistency

Inflection

First declension of μάχη, μάχης

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μάχη	μάχᾱ	μάχαι
Genitive	μάχης	μάχαιν	μαχῶν
Dative	μάχῃ	μάχαιν	μάχαις
Accusative	μάχην	μάχᾱ	μάχᾱς
Vocative	μάχη	μάχᾱ	μάχαι

Synonyms

• (contest): ἀγών

References

• LSJ

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Greek

Noun

μάχη (máchi) f,   plural μάχες

1. (military) battle, fight, combat

Declension

declension of μάχη

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	μάχη	μάχες
genitive (γενική)	μάχης	μαχών
accusative (αιτιατική)	μάχη	μάχες
vocative (κλητική)	μάχη	μάχες