μάχιμος

A. fit for battle, warlike, ἐπειδὴ μ. εἶ since you're a fighting man, Ar. Av. 1368; αἱ μάχιμοι μυριάδες Hdt. l. c.; τὸ μ. the effective force, Th. 6.23, X. Cyr. 5.4.46; τὸ τῆς πόλεως μ. Pl. Lg. 830c (but ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μ. = ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 2.165); μ. γένη Pl. Mx. 240a; τὸ μ. γένος Id. Ti. 24a, cf. Arist. Pol. 1268a36; τὸ μ. (sc. ἔθνος) Pl. Criti. 110c; esp. in Egypt, οἱ μ. τῶν Αἰγυπτίων the warrior caste, Hdt. 2.141, cf. 164; so later, of native troops, freq. in Pap., PTeb. 61(a).109 (ii B. C.), etc.: Comp. -ώτερος Plb. 2.22.6: Sup. -ώτατος Hdt. 3.102, Ar. Ach. 153, Th. 1.110; τὰ μ. τῶν ἔργων Philostr. Her. 2.19. Adv. -μως Arr. Epict. 2.9.5.

2. = sq., Gloss.

II. disputable, S.E. M. 8.45.