without battle:
ἄμᾰχ-ος,ον,
A. without battle:hence,
I. with whom no one fights, unconquerable,of persons, Hdt. 5.3 , A. Pers. 856 (lyr.), Ar. Lys. 253 , 1014 (lyr.); χεῖρες
Pi. I. 6(5).41
; δύναμις
Pl. Mx. 240d
, Isoc. 5.139 : c.inf., πολύποδες . . πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ.
Ael. VH 1.1
, etc.: of places,impregnable,
Hdt. 1.84 : of things,irresistible,
κακόν
Pi. P. 2.76
; κῦμα θαλάσσης
A. Pers. 90
: of feelings, ἄλγος
Id. Ag. 733
; φθόνος
E. Rh. 456
;ἄ. πρᾶγμα,of a woman whose beauty isirresistible,
X. Cyr. 6.1.36 ; ἄ. φιλοφροσύνη
Plu. 2.667d
; ἄ. κάλλος
Aristaenet. 1.24
; ἄ. τρυφή
Ael. NA 16.23
:—ἄμαχόν [ἐστι]c.inf., like ἀμήχανον , 'tisimpossibleto do . . , Pi. O. 13.13 .Adv.
-ως irresistibly,
Luc. Merc. Cond. 3
;incontestably,
S.E. M. 8.266 .
II.
Act. ,not having fought, taking no part in the battle,
X. Cyr. 4.1.16 ;ἄ. διάγεινto remainwithout fighting,
Id. HG 4.4.9 :ἄμαχον,τό, non-combatants,
Ael. Tact. 2.2 , cf. D.C. 53.12 ; ἄ. νίκη gained without fighting,
Eun. VS p.472
B.
2. disinclined to fight, not contentious,<*> Ep. Ti. 3.3 , Ep.Tit. 3.2 , cf. Inscr.Cos 325 ; ἄ. ἐβίωσα Epigr Gr.
387.6
(Apamea Cibotus).
