φιλονεικεῖν

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also φιλονεικέω): emulate, be animated by party spirit, be argumentative, be contentious, be quarrelsome, emulate a person

Lexicon Thucydideum

aemulari, to rival, emulate, 3.82.3, 4.64.1. 5.43.2. 5.111.4, 7.71.1.