ἄμᾰχ-ος, ον,
without battle: hence,
__I with whom no one fights, unconquerable, of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.3, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 856 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 253, 1014 (Lyric poetry); χεῖρες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).41; δύναμις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 240d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.139] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, πολύποδες.. πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ.[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.1, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of places, impregnable, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of things, irresistible, κακόν[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.76; κῦμα θαλάσσης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 90: of feelings, ἄλγος [prev. author] “Ag.” 733; φθόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 456] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. πρᾶγμα, of a woman whose beauty is irresistible, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.36; ἄ. φιλοφροσύνη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.667d; ἄ. κάλλος 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.24; ἄ. τρυφή 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.23:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —ἄμαχόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, like {ἀμήχανον}, 'tis impossible to do.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.13] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ως irresistibly, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc. Cond.” 3] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; incontestably, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.266. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II active, not having fought, taking no part in the battle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.16] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. διάγειν to remain without fighting, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 4.4.9: ἄμαχον, τό,] Refs] non-combatants, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 2.2, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 53.12; ἄ. νίκη ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]gained without fighting, [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.472 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]