Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Dimachae

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

DI'MACHAE (διμάχαι). A class of troops amongst the Macedonians who acted both as horse and foot soldiers, being trained to dismount and serve amongst the infantry as occasion required. Curt. v. 13.