μάχομαι

μάχομαι [pron. full] [ᾰ], [dialect] Ion. [tense] pres. opt.

A

μαχέοιτο Il.1.272

, μαχέοιντο ib.344 (v.l. μαχέονται); part. μαχεόμενος v.l. in Hdt.7.104 (elsewh. μαχόμενος, 9.75,al.); [dialect] Ep.

μαχειόμενος Od.17.471

,

μαχεούμενος 11.403

, 24.113: [dialect] Ep.[tense] impf.

μαχέσκετο Il.7.140

: [tense] fut.

μαχήσομαι 23.621

, Hdt.7.209; μαχέσομαι, δια-μαχεσόμεθα (as v.l.) Id.9.48; also in late Prose, J.AJ 11.8.3, Plu.2.215f;

μαχοῦμαι S.OC837

, Ar.Pl.1076, etc., μαχεῖται even in Il.20.26, but

μαχέονται 2.366

; [dialect] Ep. μαχέσσομαι v.l. for μαχήσομαι 1.298: [tense] aor.

ἐμαχεσάμην Hdt.1.18

, etc.; opt.

μαχέσαιο Il.6.329

; inf.

μαχέσασθαι 17.178

, also

μαχέσσασθαι 15.633

; opt.

μαχεσσαίμεσθα Theoc.22.74

; part.

μαχεσσαμένω Il.1.304

; later

μαχήσασθαι Paus.1.27.1

, (ἀνα-) D.S.19.93: [tense] pf.

μεμάχημαι Th.7.43

, Lys.7.41, Isoc.6.54: late [tense] aor.

ἐμαχέσθην Plu.2.970f

, Paus.5.4.9: [tense] fut. μαχεσθήσομαι only Sch.rec.A.Th.672:—fight, Hom., etc.;

ὑσμῖνι μ. Il.2.863

; πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μ. ib.452, etc.;

μάχην μ. X.Ages.5.5

: in Hom. mostly of armies and persons fighting as parts of armies, but sts. of single combat, Il.3.91,433, 7.51, 111,279, Od.18.31,39; between men and beasts, Il.15.633, Od.20.15; between beasts, Il.16.824:—Constr.: c. dat. pers., fight with, i. e. against, one,

ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μ. Il.1.151

, cf. S.Ph. 1253, etc.; μ. ἀντία, ἐναντίον τινός, Il.20.88,97;

ἐπί τινι 5.124

, etc.;

πρός τινα 17.471

, but πρὸς δαίμονα against heaven's will, ib.98 (in [dialect] Att. Prose, mostly c. dat. or

πρός, μ. τοῖς πολεμίοις D.4.47

;

πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc.4.116

); μ. σὺν σοί, . . θεά, with thy help, Od.13.390; μετὰ πρώτοισι μ. among the foremost, Il.5.575; μετὰ Βοιωτῶν μ. with them, in their ranks, 13.700;

πρός τινας μετ' ἀλλήλων Isoc. 10.53

, cf. Pl.Smp.179a; κατὰ σφέας γὰρ μαχέονται will fight by themselves, Il.2.366 (but κατ' ἕνα μ. fight in single combat, Hdt. 7.104); μ. πρό τινος before him: hence, metaph., for him, in his defence, Il.4.156, 8.56, X.HG5.4.33, etc.;

ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου Heraclit. 44

;

πάτρας ὕπερ E.Ph.1002

;

Ἕλλησιν ὑπὲρ Ἑλλήνων Pl.Mx.239b

;

περὶ δαιτί Od.2.245

; but later usu. περί τινος, A.Supp.740, Cratin. 163, Hdt.1.95;

ἀμφί τινι Il.3.70

,91;

ἀμφὶ νέκυι 16.565

;

εἵνεκά τινος 2.377

: c. dat. instrum., τόξοισι, πελέκεσσι μ., 7.140, 15.711 (χερσὶ μαχέσσασθαι, of boxers, Od.18.39); μ. ἀπ' ἵππου fight from horseback, Hdt.9.63; τὸ μήπω μεμαχημένον the force that had not yet come into action, Th.7.43.

2 c. acc., fight against, only f.l. in Philostr.Im. 2.23.

II generally, quarrel, wrangle,

ἔριδι μ. Il.1.8

; μ. ἐπέεσσιν ib.304, etc.; τινι 5.875, 13.118; τῷ παιδὶ μ. make a scene with . . , Thphr.Char.23.8; dispute, argue,

περί τι μ. Pl.R.342d

, etc.

III contend for the mastery in games, etc.,

πὺξ μ. Il.23.621

; measure oneself with or against, τινι 1.272;

παγκράτιον μ. Ar.V.1190

, 1195;

μ. Ὀλυμπιάδα Philostr.Gym.21

.

IV after Hom., struggle against a force,

ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μ. Simon.5.21

;

ὄμβρῳ Alc.Supp.26.4

;

πρὸς ἡνίας μ. A.Pr.1010

;

πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας ἢ ἡδονάς Pl.La.191e

; μ. τῷ λιμῷ, τῷ δίψει, X.Cyr.3.1.5.

V c. inf., struggle, make an effort to do, Arist.HA552a23.

VI of arguments, propositions, etc., to be in contradiction or inconsistent,

τρία ὁμολογήματα μ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς Pl.Tht. 155b

, cf. Plb.16.28.4;

μαχόμενα Phld.Mus.p.95

K., S.E.P.1.198, al.