ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΩΝ, μονομαχων
MONOMACHŌN, monomachōn
Sounds Like: moh-no-MAH-khone
Translations: of dueling, of fighting alone, of gladiators
From the root: ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'monomacheo', meaning 'to fight alone' or 'to duel'. It refers to those who engage in single combat, often implying gladiators or duelists. In the provided context, it likely refers to gladiatorial contests or fights involving wild animals, where individuals fight alone.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3430 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΗΣΕΝ — fought a duel, engaged in single combat
- ΕΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΗΣΕΝ — he fought a duel, he dueled, he fought alone
- ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΗΣΑΙ — to fight a single combat, to duel
- ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΗΣΑΣ — having fought in single combat, having dueled, having engaged in a duel
- ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΗΣΟΜΕΝ — we will fight in single combat, we will duel
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