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ἀπομάχομαι

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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Full diacritics: ἀπομάχομαι Medium diacritics: ἀπομάχομαι Low diacritics: απομάχομαι Capitals: ΑΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ
Transliteration A: apomáchomai Transliteration B: apomachomai Transliteration C: apomachomai Beta Code: a)poma/xomai

English (LSJ)

[μᾰ], fut. -μαχοῦμαι,

   A fight from the walls of a fort or town, τεῖχος ἱκανὸν ὥστε ἀπομάχεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ ἀναγκαιοτάτου ὕψους Th. 1.90; βασίλεια ἱκανὰ ἀ. high or strong enough to fight from, X.Cyr. 3.1.1: abs., fight desperately, Id.An.6.2.6; πρός τι Plu.Brut.5, Hld. 5.1; τινί against a thing, Plu.Caes.17.    II ἀ. τι fight off a thing, decline it, ἀπεμαχέσαντο τοῦτο Hdt.7.136: abs., ὁ μὲν δὴ ταῦτα λέγων ἀπεμάχετο Id.1.9; ἀ. μὴ λαβεῖν τὴν ἀρχήν D H.2.60.    III ἀ. τινά drive off in battle, X.HG6.5.34.    IV finish a battle, fight it out, Lys.3.25; resist, Arist.Pr.870b23.    V metaph., counteract, ταῖς ἀποφοραῖς Aët.16.24.

German (Pape)

[Seite 314] (s. μάχομαι), herabkämpfen von einem höheren Orte aus, z. B. von den Mauern herab sich vertheidigen, Xen. Cyr. 5, 2, 2 u. öfter; ἐκ τῶν πλοίων Pol. 8, 7; τῷ πάθει Plut. Caes. 17; πρός τι Brut. 5; τὸν βάρβαρον, abhalten, Xen. Hell. 6, 5, 34; öfter bei Sp., z. B. App. Mithr. 78; übh. ablehnen, ταῦτα Her. 7, 136; absol., sich niedersetzen, 1, 9; vgl. Xen. An. 5, 10, 6; μὴ λαβεῖν τὴν ἀρχήν Dion. Hal. 6, 60, u. öfter.