μᾰχ-η, ἡ,
(μάχομαι) battle, combat, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, usually of armies, μ. καὶ φύλοπις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.789; ἐπὶ ἶσα μ. τέτατο πτόλεμός τε 12.436; μ. ἐνοπή τε 12.35; μάχαι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε 7.237 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes of single combat, [[[prev. work] 158, 232, 263 ] Refs]; μ. καὶ δηϊοτής[[ [prev. work] 290; ναῶν ἐν μάχαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.34; μάχαις καὶ ναυμαχίαις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.26; μάχη δορός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 439 (Lyric poetry), etc.: with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] fight a battle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.414, etc.; θήσονται μ. 24.402; μάχας εἰσήλυθον 2.798; ἀρτύνθη μ. 11.216; μ. ἤγειραν 17.261; μ. ὀρνύμεν, ὤτρυνον, 9.353, 12.277; συμφερόμεσθα μάχῃ 11.736; πειρᾶτο μάχας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.43 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντιάζειν τινὶ μάχαν[[ [prev. work] 67; σὺν γυναιξὶ τὰς μ. ποιούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 302, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.29; μάχην συνάψαι ἐμβολαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 336 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. συμβάλλειν τινί engage battle with.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 837 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 475; διὰ μάχης ἐκβαλεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a35 (so ἐξέπεσον διὰ μάχης [prev. work] 34)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς μάχην πρός τινα ἐλθεῖν, μολεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 636 (troch.), “Ph.” 694; ἐς μάχην ἐπεξιέναι τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23; μάχης γενομένης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 869c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάχῃ κρατῆσαι conquer in battle, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 612, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193 (with variant{μάχην}); νενικήκαμεν τὴν μεγάλην μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.53; Μιλτιάδης ὁ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μ. τοὺς βαρβάρους νικήσας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάχη τινός battle with an enemy, Αἴαντος δ᾽ ἀλέεινε μ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.542, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 361; μ. ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.42; περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 919b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, strifes, ἔρις τε.. πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.177; μάχας ἐν λόγοις ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88a, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, contention, strife, [[ [prev. author] “Ep.” 352c, etc.; μάχης ἐάν τις ἄρξηται “SIG” 1109.72 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μ. νομικαί [[ NT.Tit.3.9. ] NT]