πρόμαχος
promachos
fighting before or in front
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πρόμαχος, ον,
‹ All lexicon entries 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 IG l.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.