αψιμαχία

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μάλα δ' ὦκα θύρηθ' ἔα ἀμφὶς ἐκείνων → very soon I was out, away from them | very soon was out of the water, and away from them

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Greek Monolingual

η (AM ἁψιμαχία)
1. μικρή συμπλοκή πριν αρχίσει η κύρια μάχη
2. ανταλλαγή βολών ανάμεσα σε αντίπαλα τμήματα
3. ανταλλαγή εριστικών φράσεων μεταξύ ανθρώπων που διαφωνούν, φιλονικία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αψι- (< άπτω) + -μαχία < -μαχος < μάχομαι (πρβλ. μονομαχία, ναυμαχία, συμμαχία κ.ά.)].