ἐπίμαχος
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
English (LSJ)
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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.
