τριταγωνιστέω
From LSJ
ἀλλ’ οὔτε πολλὰ τραύματ’ ἐν στέρνοις λαβὼν θνῄσκει τις, εἰ μὴ τέρμα συντρέχοι βίου, οὔτ’ ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ’ ἑστίᾳ φεύγει τι μᾶλλον τὸν πεπρωμένον μόρον → But a man will not die, even though he has been wounded repeatedly in the chest, should the appointed end of his life not have caught up with him; nor can one who sits beside his hearth at home escape his destined death any the more
English (LSJ)
A to be a τριταγωνιστής, D.18.262, 265, etc.; τ. τινί play the third part to another, Plu.2.840a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρῐτᾰγωνιστέω: εἶμαι τριταγωνιστής, Δημ. 314. 12· ἐτριταγωνίστεις, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐθεώρουν 315. 18, κλπ.· τριταγωνιστῶν Ἀριστοδήμῳ ἐν τοῖς Διονυσίοις διετέλει Πλούτ. 2. 840Α.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
jouer les rôles de troisième ordre.
Étymologie: τριταγωνιστής.
