προμάχομαι

A. fight before, fight in the front rank, ἁπάντων before all, Il. 11.217, cf. 17.358, Th. 6.69; οἱ προμαχόμενοι Plu. Ant. 39, v.l. in D.S. 18.44.
II. fight for or in defence of, σοῦ Ar. V. 957.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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