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|Full diacritics=ἀγώνισμα
|Medium diacritics=ἀγώνισμα
|Low diacritics=αγώνισμα
|Capitals=ΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΑ
|Transliteration A=agṓnisma
|Transliteration B=agōnisma
|Transliteration C=agonisma
|Beta Code=a)gw/nisma
|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">contest, conflict</b>: in pl., <b class="b2">deeds done in battle, brave deeds</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.76</span>; <b class="b2">feats</b> of horsemanship, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>3.5</span>; ἀ. κατὰ τὰ ἆθλα <span class="title">CIG</span> 2741. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in sg., <b class="b2">feat, achievement</b>, <b class="b3">ἀ. τινος</b> <b class="b2">a feather in</b> his <b class="b2">cap</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17</span>: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.7.59</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>; <b class="b3">ξυνέσεως ἀ</b>. <b class="b2">prize</b> of sagacity, <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρᾶς ἀ</b>. <b class="b2">issue</b> of the curse, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1355</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. ποιεῖσθαί τι</b> make it <b class="b2">an object to strive for</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>; οὐ μικρὸν τὸ ἀ. προστάττεις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Im.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">that with which one contends, declamation</b>, ἀ. ἐς τὸ παραχρῆμα <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; of plays, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1451b37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Law, <b class="b2">plea</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.77</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''ἀγώνισμα''': τό, [[πάλη]], [[ἅμιλλα]], [[συμπλοκή]], [[ἀγών]]· ἐν τῷ πληθ., ἔργα γενόμενα ἐν μάχῃ, γενναῖαι πράξεις, Ἡρόδ. 8. 76· ἐπιτυχεῖς ἐπιδείξεις ἐν τῇ ἱππασίᾳ, Ξεν. Ἱππαρχ. 3.5, ἀγ. κατὰ τὰ ἆθλα, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2741· ἀγωνίσματα ποιεῖν, κατέρχεσθαι εἰς ἀγῶνα, ἐπὶ δραματικῶν ποιητῶν, Ἀριστ. ποιητ. 9. 11. 2) ἑνικῶς, ἀγ. τινός, κατόρθωμά τινος, ἐφ’ ᾧ δύναται νὰ σεμνύνηται, Θουκ. 8.12, πρβλ. 17., 7. 56, 59, 86· ξυνέσεως [[ἀγώνισμα]], ἐπιτυχὲς [[κατόρθωμα]] εὐφυΐας, ὁ αὐτ. 3. 82· ἀρᾶς ἀγ., τὸ [[ἀποτέλεσμα]], ὁ [[καρπὸς]] τῆς κατάρας, Εὐρ. Φοίν. 1355. ΙΙ. ἀγ. ποιεῖσθαί τι, τὸ νὰ καταστήσῃ τις πρᾶγμά τι ὡς τὸ [[μέλημα]] τῶν ἀγώνων [[αὐτοῦ]], Ἡρόδ. 1. 140, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Φοίν. 1355· οὐ μικρὸν τὸ [[ἀγώνισμα]] προστάτεις, Λουκ. Εἰκ. 12. ΙΙΙ. ἐκεῖνο, μεθ’ οὗ τις κατέρχεται εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα, δηλ. ῥητορικὸν [[γύμνασμα]] πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν πρόσκαιρον ἢ διαγωνισμόν, ἀγ. ἐς τὸ [[παραχρῆμα]], Θουκ. 1. 22. IV. ἡ βάσις ἢ τὸ [[ἐπιχείρημα]], ἐφ’ οὗ ὑπόθεσίς τις στηρίζεται, Ἀντιφῶν 133.34, Λυσ. 137. 8.
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