μαχητής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾰχαιτᾱ́ς (măkhaitā́s) — Aeolic
• μᾰχᾱ́τᾱς (măkhā́tās) — Doric
• μᾰχᾱτᾱ́ρ (măkhātā́r) — Laconian

Etymology

From μᾰ́χομαι (mắkhomai, “fight”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ma.çiˈtis/ → /ma.çiˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰe̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.çiˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.çiˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.çiˈtis/

Noun

μᾰχητής • (măkhētḗs) m (genitive μᾰχητοῦ); first declension

1. fighter, warrior

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μᾰχητής; τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰχητής ho măkhētḗs	τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ măkhētā́	οἱ μᾰχηταί hoi măkhētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰχητοῦ toû măkhētoû	τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn măkhētaîn	τῶν μᾰχητῶν tôn măkhētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰχητῇ tōî măkhētēî	τοῖν μᾰχηταῖν toîn măkhētaîn	τοῖς μᾰχηταῖς toîs măkhētaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰχητήν tòn măkhētḗn	τὼ μᾰχητᾱ́ tṑ măkhētā́	τοὺς μᾰχητᾱ́ς toùs măkhētā́s
Vocative	μᾰχητᾰ́ măkhētắ	μᾰχητᾱ́ măkhētā́	μᾰχηταί măkhētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγχιμαχητής (ankhimakhētḗs)

Further reading

• “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μαχητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μαχητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μαχητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μαχητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Noun

μαχητής • (machitís) m (plural μαχητές)

1. warrior, fighter, combatant

Declension

Declension of μαχητής

	singular	plural
nominative	μαχητής (machitís)	μαχητές (machités)
genitive	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητών (machitón)
accusative	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητές (machités)
vocative	μαχητή (machití)	μαχητές (machités)

Synonyms

• πολεμιστής m (polemistís)

See also

• παλικάρι n (palikári, “brave man”)