μάχιμος

machimos

fit for battle, warlike

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book IX 5
Chapter 7 612b18–613b5

613a8

Chapter 12 615a20–615b18

615b16

Chapter 17 616b19–32

616b20
616b22

Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

618b30
Politics 5
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Book II 3
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28

1268a36
1268a39
1268b3
Book VII 2
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23

1328b22

Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33

1329b1
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1116b14
1117a7
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11

663a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

μάχιμος [ᾰ], η, ον, also ος, ον Hdt. 7.185: (μάχη):—A. fit for battle, warlike, ἐπειδὴ μ. εἶ since youʼre a fighting man, Ar. Av. 1368; αἱ μάχιμοι μυριάδες Hdt. l. c.; τὸ μ. the effective force, Th. 6.23, X. Cyr. 5.4.46; τὸ τῆς πόλεως μ. Pl. Lg. 830c (but ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μ. = ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 2.165); μ. γένη Pl. Mx. 240a; τὸ μ. γένος Id. Ti. 24a, cf. Arist. Pol. 1268a36; τὸ μ. (sc. ἔθνος) Pl. Criti. 110c; esp. in Egypt, οἱ μ. τῶν Αἰγυπτίων the warrior caste, Hdt. 2.141, cf. 164; so later, of native troops, freq. in Pap., PTeb. 61 (a).109 (ii B. C.), etc.: Comp. -ώτερος Plb. 2.22.6: Sup. -ώτατος Hdt. 3.102, Ar. Ach. 153, Th. 1.110; τὰ μ. τῶν ἔργων Philostr. Her. 2.19. Adv. -μως Arr. Epict. 2.9.5. 2. = sq., Gloss. II. disputable, S.E. M. 8.45.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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