ἘΠΙΜΑΧΩΤΑΤΟΝ, ἐπιμαχωτατον
EPIMACHŌTATON, epimachōtaton
Sounds Like: eh-pee-MAH-khoh-tah-ton
Translations: most assailable, most vulnerable, most defensible, most contested
From the root: ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a superlative adjective, meaning 'most assailable' or 'most vulnerable'. It can also mean 'most defensible' or 'most contested', depending on the context. It describes something that is very easy to attack or defend, or a place that is highly disputed. It is often used to describe strategic locations in military contexts.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Neuter, Superlative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 15:466
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΜΑΧΟΝ — disputed, controversial, debatable, assailable, a disputed thing
- ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ — defensible, assailable, exposed, vulnerable
- ΕΠΙΜΑΧΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most assailable, most vulnerable, most exposed, most open to attack
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