machomō

μάχομαι [ᾰ],
Ionic dialect present optative μαχέοιτο Refs 8th c.BC+; participle μαχεόμενος variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect μαχειόμενος Refs 8th c.BC+: Epic dialect imperfect μαχέσκετο Refs 8th c.BC+: future μαχήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; μαχέσομαι, δια-μαχεσόμεθα (as variant) Refs; also in late Prose, Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐμαχεσάμην Refs 8th c.BC+; infinitive μαχέσασθαι Refs 3rd c.BC+; participle μαχεσσαμένω Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect μεμάχημαι Refs 5th c.BC+: late aorist ἐμαχέσθην Refs 1st c.AD+future μαχεσθήσομαι only Refs 4th c.BC+:—fight, Refs 8th c.BC+; μάχην μ. Refs 8th c.BC+ mostly of armies and persons fighting as parts of armies, but sometimes of single combat, Refs 8th c.BC+; between men and beasts, Refs 8th c.BC+:—Constr.: with dative person, fight with, i. e. against, one, ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μ. Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. ἀντία, ἐναντίον τινός, Refs 8th c.BC+ against heaven's will, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. σὺν σοί,.. θεά, with thy help, Refs 8th c.BC+; μετὰ πρώτοισι μ. among the foremost, Refs 8th c.BC+; μετὰ Βοιωτῶν μ. with them, in their ranks,Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ σφέας γὰρ μαχέονται will fight by themselves, Refs 8th c.BC+ fight in single combat, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. πρό τινος before him: hence, metaphorically, for him, in his defence, Refs 8th c.BC+; but later usually περί τινος, Refs 8th c.BC+, of boxers, Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. ἀπ᾽ ἵππου fight from horseback, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ μήπω μεμαχημένον the force that had not yet come into action, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, fight against, only falsa lectio in Refs 2nd c.AD+
II generally, quarrel, wrangle, ἔριδι μ. Refs 8th c.BC+; τινι Refs; τῷ παιδὶ μ. make a scene with.., Refs 4th c.BC+; dispute, argue, περί τι μ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III contend for the mastery in games, etc., πὺξ μ. Refs 8th c.BC+; measure oneself with or against, τινιRefs 5th c.BC+
IV after Refs 8th c.BC+, struggle against a force, ἀνάγκᾳ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μ. Refs 7th c.BC+; μ. τῷ λιμῷ, τῷ δίψει, Refs 5th c.BC+
V with infinitive, struggle, make an effort to do, Refs 4th c.BC+
VI of arguments, propositions, etc., to be in contradiction or inconsistent, τρία ὁμολογήματα μ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.