Λάμαχος

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ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Λάμᾰχος: [ᾱ], -ον, πρόθυμος εἰς μάχην, γνωστὸς τις Ἀθηναῖος μετὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ὁποίου, ἀρέσκεται νὰ παίζῃ ὁ Ἀριστοφάνης, πρβλ. κλαυσίμαχος. (Πιθ. ἐκ τοῦ λᾱ-, μάχομαι, Ἡσύχ.˙ ἀλλ’ ὅμως ἀξία προσοχῆς καὶ ἡ ἐτυμολογία ἐκ τοῦ λαός, μάχη, ὡς τὸ λᾱγέτης, = πρόμαχος τοῦ λαοῦ).