συμμαχία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[συμμαχίη]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[alliance]], [[offensive and defensive]] (opp. an [[ἐπιμαχία]] or [[defensive]] one, Th.1.44), ''IG''12.52.16, al., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.181, 4.120, etc.; σ. ποιέεσθαι πρός τινα Id.5.73, cf. 63, X.''HG''3.2.21, ''IG''22.43.26, etc.; τινι Th.1.44,57; <b class="b3">ἡ ἔξω ξ.</b> Id.3.65; σ. παρέχεσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 474b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[the duty of an ally]], ξυμμαχίας ἁμαρτών A.''Ag.''213 (lyr.) (which others take in signf. ''ΙΙ'').<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">συμμαχίαν φρουρεῖν</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">συμμάχων χώραν</b>, Th.5.33.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[τὸ συμμαχικόν]], the [[body of allies]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.77,82, E.''Rh.''994 (anap.), Th.1.118,119, etc.; συμμαχίας συνελθούσης Aeschin.2.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[allied]] or [[auxiliary force]], Th.6.73; σ. πέμπειν X.''HG''4.8.24, cf. ''SIG'' 763.5 (Cyzicus, i B.C.); <b class="b3">ἔξωθεν ἐπάγεσθαι σ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 556e: generally, [[body of friends]], Pi.''O.''10(11).72.