μονομάχων (monomachon)

μονομάχων is an Ancient Greek form of μονομάχος, meaning “fighting in single combat; gladiator”. It is the genitive plural masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of μονομαχέω, “fight in single combat; having fought singlehanded”.

It can also be a form of μονόμαχος, “fighting in single combat; gladiator”.

Found 41 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Romulus 10.2: … υ τοὺς ταχεῖς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ὀξεῖς κέλερας ὀνομάζουσι· καὶ Κόιντον Μέτελλον, ὅτι τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποθανόντος ἀγῶνα μονομάχων ἡμέραις ὀλίγαις ἐποίησε, θαυμάσαντες τὸ τάχος τῆς παρασκευῆς Κέλερα προσηγόρευσαν.

Lucian of Samosata, Toxaris vel amicitia 10: … ἔσται καὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀνακηρύξει, κάλλιστον ἀγῶνα καὶ σεμνότατον ἀγωνισάμενος. ὡς ἔγωγε πολὺ ἥδιον ἄν μοι δοκῶ μονομαχῶν ἡττηθεὶς ἀποτμηθῆναι τὴν δεξιάν, ὅπερ ἥττης Σκυθικῆς ἐπιτίμιόν ἐστιν, ἢ χείρων ἄλλου κατὰ φιλίαν κεκρίσθαι, κ …

All forms of μονομάχος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.