argue
From LSJ
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
argue a question: see discuss. verb intransitive
P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι, ἐρίζειν, P. ἀμφισβητεῖν; see contend.
contend that: P. διαμάχεσθαι, ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι (with infin.).
argue against: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.), ἀντειπεῖν (dat.).
argue out (a thing): P. and V. διαπεραίνειν (acc.) (Plato).
argue with: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἐρίζειν (dat.), P. ἀμφισβητεῖν (dat.); see contend with.
