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μάρναμαι

marnamai

fight, do battle

Appears 55 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μάρναμαι, μάρνασαι Pi. N. 10.86, μάρναται Il. 4.513, μάρνανται E. Med. 249; imper. μάρναο Il. 15.475; subj. μαρνώμεσθα Hes. Sc. 110; opt. μαρναίμεθα Od. 11.513; inf. μάρνασθαι Il. 5.33, E. Tr. 731; part. μαρνάμενος Il. 3.307, Tyrt. 12.33, E. Ph. 1574 (lyr.): impf. ἐμαρνάμην Anacreont. 12.11; -αο, -ατο, Od. 22.228, Il. 12.40 (Ep.μάρνατο 11.498); 3dual ἐμαρνάσθην 7.301; pl. ἐμαρνάμεσθα E. Ph. 1142, IT 1376; poet. μαρνάμεθα Od. 3.108, B. 5.125, μάρναντο Il. 13.169: only pres. and impf.:—A. fight, do battle, τινι with, against another, Il. 15.475, etc.; ἐπί τινι 9.317; πρός τινα E. Tr. 731; σύν τινι together with another, on his side, Od. 3.85; ἀμφί τινα about a fallen hero, Il. 16.775; περί τινος for or about a person, ib.497; ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισι νίκης καὶ κράτεος πέρι μ. Hes. Th. 647; γῆς πέρι καὶ παίδων Tyrt.l.c.; περὶ δορᾶς Κουρῆσι B.l.c.; μήλων ἕνεκʼ Hes. Op. 163: c. dat. instrum., ἔγχεϊ, χαλκῷ μ., Il. 16.195,497; φασγάνῳ, δορί, Pi. P. 9.21, E. Med.l.c. 2. of boxers, Od. 18.31. 3. quarrel, wrangle, Il. 1.257. 4. contend, strive, Pi. P. 2.65; ἀμφʼ ἀρεταῖσι, ἐσλοῖσι πέρι, Id. O. 5.15, N. 5.47; κασιγνήτου πέρι ib.10.86; μ. φυᾷ strive with all oneʼs natural powers, ib.1.25.—Ep. and Lyr. Verb, used also by E.; cf. βάρναμαι. (Cf. Skt. mṛṇā´ti ‘crush’.)
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