Ἀπόμαχος
battle-free, disabled, unfit to fight
Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Feb 2002Vetting: high20 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who is outside the war.
"He was struck with an arrow in the thigh, so that he almost became unfit to fight."1
And elsewhere: "deluged by pain, he was unfit to fight."2
Also [sc. attested is the plural]a)po/maxoi , [meaning] those who are not strong enough to fight. "Those unfit to fight killed themselves, but those who of [sc. fighting] age rushed into the enemy forces in droves and eagerly cut [them] down."3
Or those outside the battle.
"As it was reported to him that Theodoric, having been tricked, would be out of the fight, he went back again."4
Also [sc. attested is the related middle participle]a)pomaxome/nou ["resisting"], withstanding, refusing. "With Fabius resisting and making many entreaties that he might be relieved of the command."5
"He was struck with an arrow in the thigh, so that he almost became unfit to fight."1
And elsewhere: "deluged by pain, he was unfit to fight."2
Also [sc. attested is the plural]
Or those outside the battle.
"As it was reported to him that Theodoric, having been tricked, would be out of the fight, he went back again."4
Also [sc. attested is the related middle participle]