ἐπίμαχος
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English (LSJ)
ον,
A that may easily be attacked, assailable, of fortified places, opp. ἄμαχος, Hdt.1.84; ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐ. Th.4.31, cf. 35; τὰ -ώτατα ib.4; τῇ τὸ -ώτατον ἦν τοῦ χωρίου Hdt. 9.21, cf.6.133, X.An.5.4.14. II. contended for, contested, Hld.8.1. III. equipped for battle, Thom.Mag.p.113R.; epith. of Πλούτων, GDI3520 (Cnidus), cf.SIG1014.61 (Erythrae, iii B.C.). IV. ally, helper, Ph.1.659, Hsch.; ἐ. χωρία impregnable, Ph.2.383 (v.l. ἀπο-), cf. Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 960] 1) leicht anzugreifen, angreifbar, von einem Orte, der einen leichten Angriff gestattet, τῇ ἦν ἐπίμαχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς ἀκροπόλιος, im Ggstz von ἄμαχος, Her. 1, 84, wie τῇ μάλιστα ἔσκε ἐπίμαχον τοῦ τείχους 6, 133; superl., 9, 21; ὃ ἦν ἔκ τε θαλάσσης ἀπόκρημνον καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἥκιστα ἐπίμαχον Thuc. 4, 31; Xen. Hell. 7, 1, 35 u. Sp. – 2) = σύμμαχος, Sp., wie Porphyr. – 3) kampffertig, Thom. Mag. – 4) worüber man kämpft, streitig, Hel. 8, 1.
