ἄμυναν (amynan)

ἄμυναν is an Ancient Greek form of ἀμύνω, meaning “ward off, defend; (mid.) defend oneself, repay”. It is the 3rd person plural aorist active indicative.

Found 64 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Theseus 30.3: … ρους κεκληκὼς ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον. ὡς δὲ ἠσέλγαινον ὕβρει καὶ μεθύοντες οὐκ ἀπείχοντο τῶν γυναικῶν, ἐτράποντο πρὸς ἄμυναν οἱ Λαπίθαι· καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἔκτειναν αὐτῶν, τοὺς δὲ πολέμῳ κρατήσαντες ὕστερον ἐξέβαλον ἐκ τῆς χώρας, τοῦ Θησέως …

Aesop, Fables 303: … ρὸς τὴν ἔλαφον εἶπε· “σὺ τῷ μεγέθει μείζων κυνὸς τυγχάνεις καὶ ταχυτάτη καὶ ὀξεῖα πρὸς δρόμον, κέρατα δὲ πρὸς ἂμυναν κατέχεις· καὶ τί, ὦ μῆτερ, οὕτω φοβῇ τοὺς κύνας ;“ Ἡ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔφη γελῶσα οὕτως· “ὅτι μὲν ἐγὼ ταῦτα ἅπαντ …

All forms of ἀμύνω (conjugation 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.