μάχιμος

machimos

fit for battle, warlike

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Critias 2
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110c5
112b3
Timaeus 2
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25d2
24b1
Laws 1
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830c7
Menexenus 1
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240a3
Republic 1
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Book III 1
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386c1

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.

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