ΜΑΧΗΝἈΛΕΞΑΣ, μαχηνἀλεξας
MACHĒNALEXAS, machēnalexas
Sounds Like: mah-khee-nah-LEH-xahs
Translations: Machinalexas
From the root: ΜΑΧΗ, ΑΛΕΞΩ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a proper noun, likely a personal name, 'Machinalexas'. It is a compound word formed from two Greek elements: 'μάχη' (machē), meaning 'battle' or 'fight', and 'ἀλέξω' (alexō), meaning 'to ward off', 'to defend', or 'to help'. Therefore, the name could conceptually mean 'one who wards off battle' or 'defender in battle'. Proper nouns do not typically inflect in the same way as common nouns, but this form appears to be a nominative singular.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:92
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΜΑΧΗ, ΑΛΕΞΩ, appear in our texts.
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