χειρομάχα

αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point

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Full diacritics: χειρομάχα	Medium diacritics: χειρομάχα	Low diacritics: χειρομάχα	Capitals: ΧΕΙΡΟΜΑΧΑ
Transliteration A: cheiromácha	Transliteration B: cheiromacha	Transliteration C: cheiromacha	Beta Code: xeiroma/xa

English (LSJ)

[μᾰ], ἡ (sc. ἑταιρεία),

A the working-class faction at Miletus, opp. ἡ πλουτίς, Plu.2.298c, cf. Eust.1425.64.

ας;
adj. f.
« qui fait le coup de poing » (litt. « qui combat avec les mains »), nom d’un parti politique de Milet.
Étymologie: χειρομάχος.