ἐπιμαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /e.pi.maˈçi.a/ → /e.pi.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.maˈçi.a/

Noun

ἐπῐμᾰχίᾱ • (epimakhíā) f (genitive ἐπῐμᾰχίᾱς); first declension

1. defensive alliance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ hē epimakhíā	τὼ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ tṑ epimakhíā	αἱ ἐπιμαχῐ́αι hai epimakhíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱς tês epimakhíās	τοῖν ἐπιμαχῐ́αιν toîn epimakhíain	τῶν ἐπιμαχῐῶν tôn epimakhiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾳ têi epimakhíāi	τοῖν ἐπιμαχῐ́αιν toîn epimakhíain	ταῖς ἐπιμαχῐ́αις taîs epimakhíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱν tḕn epimakhíān	τὼ ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ tṑ epimakhíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epimakhíās
Vocative	ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ epimakhíā	ἐπιμαχῐ́ᾱ epimakhíā	ἐπιμαχῐ́αι epimakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἐπιμαχέω (epimakhéō)
• ἐπιμαχομαι (epimakhomai)
• ἐπίμαχος (epímakhos)

See also

• συμμαχία (summakhía)

Further reading

• “ἐπιμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιμαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • defensive idem, page 204.