single combat
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
engage in single combat with, v.: P. and V. μονομαχεῖν (absol. or dat.).
by single combat: V. μονομάχου δι' ἀσπίδος, μονομάχῳ δορί.
to guide the ranks or the spear in single combat? V. λόχων ἀνάσσειν, ἢ μονοστόλου δορός; (Euripides, Phoenissae 742).
champions in single combat: V. μονομάχοι προστάται οἱ.
Translations
duel
Arabic: مُبَارَزَة; Armenian: մենամարտ; Belarusian: дуэль; Bulgarian: дуел, двубой; Catalan: duel; Chinese Mandarin: 決鬥, 决斗; Czech: duel, souboj; Danish: duel, tvekamp; Dutch: duel, tweegevecht; Esperanto: duelo; Finnish: kaksintaistelu; French: duel; Galician: duelo; Georgian: დუელი; German: Duell, Zweikampf; Greek: μονομαχία; Ancient Greek: μονομαχία, μουνομαχίη, μονομάχιον, μοναθλία; Hebrew: דּוּ קְרָב; Hindi: द्वंद्वयुद्ध; Hungarian: párbaj; Icelandic: einvígi; Italian: duello, singolar tenzone; Japanese: 決闘, デュエル; Korean: 결투(決鬪); Macedonian: двобој; Norwegian: tvekamp; Bokmål: duell; Nynorsk: duell; Old English: ānwīġ; Persian: دوئل; Polish: pojedynek inan; Portuguese: duelo; Russian: дуэль, поединок; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: дво̀бој; Roman: dvòboj; Slovak: duel, súboj; Slovene: dvoboj; Spanish: duelo; Swedish: duell, tvekamp; Tagalog: akip; Turkish: düello; Ukrainian: дуель, двобі́й; Vietnamese: quyết đấu, đấu tay đôi; Welsh: gornest
