A.without battle: hence,
I. with whom no one fights, unconquerable, of persons, Hdt.5.3, A.Pers.856 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.253,1014 (lyr.); “χεῖρες” Pi.I.6(5).41; “δύναμις” Pl.Mx. 240d, Isoc.5.139: c.inf., “πολύποδες . . πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ.” Ael.VH1.1, etc.: of places, impregnable, Hdt.1.84: of things, irresistible, “κακόν” Pi.P.2.76; “κῦμα θαλάσσης” A.Pers.90: of feelings, “ἄλγος” Id.Ag.733; “φθόνος” E.Rh.456; ἄ. πρᾶγμα, of a woman whose beauty is irresistible, X.Cyr.6.1.36; “ἄ. φιλοφροσύνη” Plu.2.667d; “ἄ. κάλλος” Aristaenet.1.24; “ἄ. τρυφή” Ael.NA16.23:—ἄμαχόν [ἐστι] c. inf., like ἀμήχανον, 'tis impossible to do . . , Pi.O.13.13. Adv. “-ως” irresistibly, Luc.Merc. Cond.3; incontestably, S.E.M.8.266.
II. Act., not having fought, taking no part in the battle, X.Cyr.4.1.16; ἄ. διάγειν to remain without fighting, Id.HG4.4.9: ἄμαχον, τό, non-combatants, Ael. Tact.2.2, cf. D.C.53.12; “ἄ. νίκη” gained without fighting, Eun.VS p.472 B.
2. disinclined to fight, not contentious, <*>Ep. Ti.3.3, Ep.Tit.3.2, cf. Inscr.Cos 325; “ἄ. ἐβίωσα” Epigr Gr. 387.6 (Apamea Cibotus).