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-machy

  1. a combining form meaning “fighting,” used in the formation of compound words.

    logomachy.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of -machy1

< Greek -machia, equivalent to á ( ŧ ) battle + -ia -y 3
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Example Sentences

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As a member of Beta Chi Theta, which sits on both the IFC and the MGC, Bogan said some of his brothers take more interest in cultural activities, while others are more attuned to popular Greek events, like Machy Days and Homecoming. 

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All Greenhow was proud of its “Mr Machy,” as the little Mary called it, thinking perhaps that it was a wonderful live creature.

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51Թs having the following terminations are usually accented on the antepenult, or third syllable from the end: cracy, ferous, fluent, flous, honal, gony, grapher, graphy, loger, logist, logy, loquy, machy, mathy, meter, metry, nomy, nomy, parous, pathy, phony, scopy, strophe, tomy, trophy, vomous, vorous.

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When To Use

What does -machy mean?

The combining form -machy is used like a suffix meaning “fighting.” It is occasionally used in technical terms.The form -machy comes from Greek -machia, meaning “fighting” or “warfare.” The Latin translation of -machia is bellum (earlier spelling duellum), meaning “war,” which is the source of bellicose and belligerent as well as duel. To learn more about this change in spelling, check out these three entries.

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