ἀπομάχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[μᾰ</b>], fut. <b class="b3">-μαχοῦμαι</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fight from]] the walls of a fort or town, τεῖχος ἱκανὸν ὥστε ἀπομάχεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ ἀναγκαιοτάτου ὕψους <span class="bibl">Th. 1.90</span>; <b class="b3">βασίλεια ἱκανὰ ἀ</b>. high or strong enough [[to fight from]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 3.1.1</span>: abs., [[fight desperately]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>6.2.6</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld. 5.1</span>; [[τινί]] [[against]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τι</b> [[fight off]] a thing, [[decline]] it, ἀπεμαχέσαντο τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.136</span>: abs., ὁ μὲν δὴ ταῦτα λέγων ἀπεμάχετο <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. μὴ λαβεῖν τὴν ἀρχήν</b> D H.<span class="bibl">2.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> ἀ. τινά [[drive off in battle]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[finish a battle]], [[fight it out]], <span class="bibl">Lys.3.25</span>; [[resist]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>870b23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> metaph., [[counteract]], [[ταῖς]] ἀποφοραῖς <span class="bibl">Aët.16.24</span>.</span>