πρόμαχος
promachos
fighting before
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πρόμαχος, ον, A. fighting before or in front: πρόμαχοι, οἱ, champions, ἐν προμάχοισι φανέντα Il. 3.31; πρώτοισιν ἐνὶ π. μιγέντα Od. 18.379, cf. Il. 4.354; προμάχων ἀνʼ ὅμιλον I. 7(6).35. b. as Adj., π. δόρυ the champion spear, i.e. of Heracles (v. Sch.), Tr. 856 (lyr.). 2. fighting for, δόλεως, δόμων, Th. 419(lyr.), 482 (lyr.); θεσμῶν IG 3.638. II. as a name of tutelary gods, Ἀθηνᾶ 3.51, etc.; παρὰ προμάχῳ Παλλάδι IGl.c.; Ἠρακλῆς 9.11.4; Ἐρμῆς 9.22.2. III. Subst., bastion, Aed. 5.4. IV. in Crete, cake made for a seven-days-old child, -ών, later form of προμαχεών, Je. 5.10, al., Bel. 91.50, BJ 5.4.2, etc.
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