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ἀξιόμαχος

ἀξιόμαχος, a match for

ἀξιό-μᾰχος, ον,
  • a match for another in battle or war, τινί Hdt. 7.157, Th. 8.38; πρός τινα Plu. Cat.Ma. 12, etc.: abs., Hdt. 3.19, 8.63, Th. 8.80, Aen.Tact. 2.5.
      • 2 c. inf., sufficient in strength or number, νέες ἀξιόμαχοι τῆσι Αἰγινητέων συμβαλεῖν Hdt. 6.89; νεῶν . . ἀξιομάχων δέκεσθαι τὸν ἐπιόντα Id. 7.138, cf. 101; ἀξιόμαχόν τι δρᾶν D.C. 43.4. Adv. -χως, τινὶ συνεστάναι Plu. Sull. 19.

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