συμμαχέω

symmacheo

to be an ally, to be in alliance

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Menexenus 1
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245b6
Philebus 1
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14b7
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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332e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

συμμαχέω, aor. συνεμάχησα IG 22.10A7 (v B.C.): pf. συμμεμάχηκα SIG 588.61 (Milet., ii B.C.):—A. to be an ally, to be in alliance, A. Pers. 793, Th. 1.35, 7.50, etc.: c. acc. cogn., σ. τὴν μάχην IG l.c.: c. dat., SIG 366.8 (Delph., iii B.C.), etc.; οὐ ξ., ἀλλὰ ξυναδικεῖν join not in war but in doing wrong, Th. 1.39: generally, help, succour, σ. τινί S. Ant. 740, Ph. 1368, Pl. R. 440c, Phlb. 14b, etc.; τοῖσιν εὖ φρονοῦσι συμμαχεῖ τύχη Critias 21; σ. ὥστε . . assist towards . ., Hdt. 1.98:— Med., pf. part. συμμεμαχημένος in act. sense, Luc. Tyr. 7:—Pass., συμμαχοῦμαι ὑπό τινος Id. Cal. 22. Cf.συμμάχομαι.

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