COMPOUND: πρόμαχος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A/N [Adv+N/V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘fighting in front; champions’
ETYMOLOGY: πρό ‘in front’ + verbal root μαχ- (μάχομαι ‘fight’) + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 31; IV, 458; VIII, 99; XI, 188, 203, 342, 358, 744; XIII, 291, 642, 760; XV, 342, 456, 522, 573; XVI, 588; XVII, 3, 87, 124, 281, 316, 342, 590, 592; XVIII, 456; XIX, 414; XX, 111, 412; Od. XVIII, 379; XXIV, 526;
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. pl., dat. m. pl., nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
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