μάχη
Alt. μά^χη, ἡ,
Etym. μάχομαι
I. "battle, fight, combat", Hom., etc.; μάχαι ναῶν sea "fights", Pind.:—with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι to fight "a battle", Il., attic; μάχην ἀρτύνειν, ἐγείρειν, ὀρνύμεν, ὀτρύνειν Il.; μάχην συνάπτειν or συμβάλλειν τινί to engage "battle" with one, Aesch., Eur.; also, διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, μολεῖν Hdt., attic; μάχην νικᾶν to win "a battle", Xen.:— μάχη τινός "battle with" an enemy, Il., etc.
2. in pl. "quarrels, strifes, wranglings", id=Il., Plat.
3. = ἀγών, "a contest" for a prize in the games, Pind.: generally "a struggle", Xen.
II. "a mode of fighting, way of battle", Hdt., Xen.
III. "a field of battle", Xen.