πρόμαχος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From προμάχομαι (promákhomai, to fight in front), from προ- (pro-) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, to fight, do battle).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

πρόμᾰχος (prómakhosm (genitive προμάχου); second declension

  1. champion, foremost fighter

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • πρόμαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πρόμαχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πρόμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press