fight
ὦ Θάνατε Θάνατε, νῦν μ' ἐπίσκεψαι μολών → o Death, Death, come now and lay your eyes on me | o death death, come now and look upon me
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. μάχη, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ, V. ἀλκή, ἡ.
contest: P. and V. ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, πάλαισμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ (Aesch.).
encounter: V. συμβολή, ἡ, Ar. and P. σύνοδος, ἡ.
warfare: Ar. and V. Ἄρης, ὁ, V. δόρυ, τό.
land fight: P. πεζομαχία, ἡ.
without a fight: use adv., P. ἀμαχεί.
verb transitive
P. and V. μάχεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἀγωνίζεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), V. συμβάλλειν μάχην (dat.).
oppose: P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.).
fight a battle: P. μάχην μάχεσθαι (Isoc.).
be fought (of a battle): P. and V. γίγνομαι, γίγνεσθαι.
fight a losing battle with: V. δυσμαχεῖν (dat.).
fight a land battle: P. πεζομαχεῖν.
fight a sea battle: Ar. and P. ναυμαχεῖν, P. διαναυμαχεῖν.
fight a sea battle with others: Ar. and P. συνναυμαχεῖν.
verb intransitive
P. and V. μάχεσθαι, ἀγωνίζεσθαι, Ar. and P. διαγωνίζεσθαι, V. μάρνασθαι, αἰχμάζειν.
go to war: P. and V. πολεμεῖν.
fight it out: P. and V. διαμάχεσθαι, P. διαπολεμεῖν.
fight again, renew the fight: P. ἀναμάχεσθαι.
fight against: see fight.
oppose: P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.), ἀντιτείνειν (dat.), P. ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.); see oppose.
you indeed did shamelessly fight against dying: V. σὺ γοῦν ἀναιδῶς διεμάχου τὸ μὴ θανεῖν (Euripides, Alcestis 694).
fight against the gods: V. θεομαχεῖν.
fight by side of: V. παρασπίζειν (dat.).
fight for: P. προπολεμεῖν (gen. or absol.), Ar. προμάχεσθαι (gen.), V. ὑπερμάχεσθαι (gen.), ὑπερμαχεῖν (gen.).
the cause was worth fighting for: P. ἦν δὲ ἄξιος ὁ ἀγών (Thuc. 7, 56).
fight in: P. ἐναγωνίζεσθαι.
you made it (the land) a fair field for the Greeks to fight in: P. παρέσχετε αὐτὴν (τὴν γῆν) εὐμενῆ ἐναγωνίσασθαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι (Thuc. 2, 74).
fight with: see fight.
fight on the side of: P. συμμάχεσθαι (dat.), συναγωνίζεσθαι (dat).
