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Ἀξιόμαχος · battle-worthy, well-matched (α 2812) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2808lovable
α2809little axe
α2810enviably
α2811noteworthy weights
α2812battle-worthy, well-matched
α2813proper; cheap
α2814of a worthy price, worth [something]
α2815proper, fine, worthy
α2816trustworthiness, plausibility

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Ἀξιόμαχος

battle-worthy, well-matched

Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning someone] able to fight a battle,¹ equal in power.
"Neither in number of men nor in any other way at all being well-matched for us."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀξιόμαχος· δυνατὸς μάχεσθαι, ἰσοδύναμος. οὔτε ἀνδρῶν πλήθει, οὔτε ἄλλῳ τῶν πάντων οὐδενὶ ἀξιόμαχοι πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὄντες.

Betacode

*)acio/maxos: dunato\s ma/xesqai, i)sodu/namos. ou)/te a)ndrw=n plh/qei, ou)/te a)/llw| tw=n pa/ntwn ou)deni\ a)cio/maxoi pro\s h(ma=s o)/ntes.

Notes (1)

[1] Hesychius alpha5627 has this headword adjective in the nominative plural (with a similar gloss), a form common in historians from Herodotus and Thucydides onwards.
2Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.16.18 (web address 1); the Gothic king Totila (cf. tau 879) rebukes Pelagius (a deacon in Rome at the time (probably late 546 CE); cf. alpha 1585 note), when the latter appeals for a pause in the Goths' siege of the city; cf. Kaldellis (412). Totila reminds Pelagius that, complying with a Roman request not to burden the local population, the Goths had left Sicily lightly garrisoned, only to later have the Byzantines rapidly overwhelm the island (in 535; cf. Bury (170-171)) with a superior invading force. On the embassy of Pelagius to Totila, see also alpha 1585 and alpha 2155.

References

A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
J.B. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, (London 1923)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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Neighbouring entries

α2810Ἀξιοζήλωςenviably α2811Ἀξιόλογα βάρηnoteworthy weights α2812Ἀξιόμαχοςbattle-worthy, well-matched α2813Ἄξιονproper; cheap α2814Ἄξιοςof a worthy price, worth [something]

Revision history7 revisions · last 23 Dec 2023

23 Dec 2023cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
23 Dec 2023better wording n.2 — Ronald Allen
23 Dec 2023expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords, added link — Ronald Allen
1 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2012another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2001cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀξιόμαχος (Adler number alpha 2812), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 30 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2812

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗