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περιμάχητος

περιμάχητος, fought about, fought for

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περιμάχητοι masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of περιμάχητος

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περιμάχ-ητος [ᾰ], ον,
  • fought about, fought for, ταῖσι φυλαῖς Ar. Av. 1404; τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδωρ] Th. 7.84; [πενία] ἥκιστα περιμάχητον not a thing one would fight for, X. Smp. 3.9, cf. Pl. R. 521a, Lg. 678e; δυναστεία ὑπὸ πάντων ἐρωμένη καὶ π. γεγενημένη Isoc. 8.65, cf. 7.24, 10.17; τὰ π. ἀγαθά such as are matters of contention, highly prized, Arist. EN 1169a21, cf. Pol. 1271b8, Rh. 1363a8, Epicur. Sent. Vat. 45: Sup. -ότατος Isoc. 9.40, Plu. Lyc. 26: in Ar. Th. 319, πόλις π., prob. with collat. sense of fought around, surrounded by battle.

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