πρόμαχος

A. fighting before or in front: πρόμαχοι,οἱ, champions, ἐν προμάχοισι φανέντα Il. 3.31; πρώτοισιν ἐνὶ π. μιγέντα Od. 18.379, cf. Il. 4.354; προμάχων ἀν’ ὅμιλον Pi. I. 7(6).35.

b. as Adj., π. δόρυ the champion spear, i.e. of Heracles (v. Sch.), S. Tr. 856 (lyr.).

2. fighting for, δόλεως, δόμων, A. Th. 419(lyr.), 482 (lyr.); θεσμῶν IG 3.638.

II. as a name of tutelary gods, Ἀθηνᾶ Alciphr. 3.51, etc.; παρὰ προμάχῳ Παλλάδι IGl.c.; Ἠρακλῆς Paus. 9.11.4; Ἐρμῆς Id. 9.22.2.

III. Subst., bastion, Procop. Aed. 5.4.

IV. in Crete, cake made for a seven-days-old child, Hsch. ‐ών, later form of προμαχεών, LXX Je. 5.10, al., Ph. Bel. 91.50, J. BJ 5.4.2, etc.