Ἀγχίμαχος

near-fighting

Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] one who is fighting close-in.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγχίμαχος· ἐγγύθεν μαχόμενος.

Betacode

*)agxi/maxos: e)ggu/qen maxo/menos.

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha288 Theodoridis.
The headword occurs -- in various plural cases, not this nominative singular -- four times in Homer, Iliad (13.5, 16248, 16.272, 17.165), and as a)gxe-.