ἄμαχος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A without battle: hence,    I with whom no one fights, unconquerable, of persons, Hdt.5.3, A.Pers.856 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.253,1014 (lyr.); χεῖρες Pi.I.6(5).41; δύναμις Pl.Mx. 240d, Isoc.5.139: c.inf., πολύποδες . . πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ. Ael.VH1.1, etc.: of places, impregnable, Hdt.1.84: of things, irresistible, κακόν Pi.P.2.76; κῦμα θαλάσσης A.Pers.90: of feelings, ἄλγος Id.Ag.733; φθόνος E.Rh.456; ἄ. πρᾶγμα, of a woman whose beauty is irresistible, X.Cyr.6.1.36; ἄ. φιλοφροσύνη Plu.2.667d; ἄ. κάλλος Aristaenet.1.24; ἄ. τρυφή Ael.NA16.23:—ἄμαχόν [ἐστι] c. inf., like ἀμήχανον, 'tis impossible to do... Pi.O.13.13. Adv. -ως irresistibly, Luc.Merc. Cond.3; incontestably, S.E.M.8.266.    II Act., not having fought, taking no part in the battle, X.Cyr.4.1.16; ἄ. διάγειν to remain without fighting, Id.HG4.4.9: ἄμαχον, τό, non-combatants, Ael. Tact.2.2, cf. D.C.53.12; ἄ. νίκη gained without fighting, Eun.VS p.472 B.    2 disinclined to fight, not contentious, <*>Ep. Ti.3.3, Ep.Tit.3.2, cf. Inscr.Cos 325; ἄ. ἐβίωσα Epigr Gr. 387.6 (Apamea Cibotus).