ἅμιλλα
κάλλιστον τὸ δικαιότατον, λῷστον δ' ὑγιαίνειν → nothing is more beautiful than being just, but nothing is more pleasant than being healthy | Most beautiful is what is most just; the best thing is to be healthy.
English (LSJ)
ης, ἡ,
A contest for superiority, conflict, τῶν νεῶν ἅμιλλαν . . ἰδέσθαι Hdt.7.44; ἅ. ἵππων horse-race, ib.196, cf. Pi.O.5.6, I.5(4).6; ῥιμφαρμάτοις ἁμίλλαις in racing of swift chariots, S.OC1063, cf. El. 861; ἅ. ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν contest of brave men, D.20.108; μειρακίων Ar. Eq.556; χορῶν Pl.Lg.834e; of boat-races, IG22.1028.20, Pl.Com. 183. 2 c.gen.rei, ἰσχύος trial of strength, Pi.N.9.12 (pl.); πτερύ γων ἁμίλλαις A.Pr.129; ποδοῖν, λόγων, φρονήματος, E.IA212, Med. 546, Andr.214; ἀρετῆς Pl.Lg.731b: c. gen. obj., ἅ. λέκτρων contest for marriage, E.Hipp.1141; ἔρωτος Gorg.Hel.5: abs., eager desire, Herod.6.68 (s.v.l.):—also ἅ. περί τινος Isoc.10.15; freq.in Poets with Adj., ἅ. φιλόπλουτος, πολύτεκνος striving after wealth or children, E. IT411, Med.557: with gen.in adjectival sense, ἅ.αἵματος, = αἱματόες σα, Id.Hel.1155:—phrases: ἅμιλλαν τιθέναι, προτιθέναι propose contest, Id.Andr.1020, Med. l.c.; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι contend eagerly, ὅκως . . Hdt.8.10; ἅ. ἐποιοῦντο they had a race, Th.6.32; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl.Lg.830d; εἰς ἅ. ἔρχεσθαι, ἐξελθεῖν, E.Tr.621, Hec.226; πρὸς ἅ. ἐλθεῖν Id.Med.1083; ἅ. γίγνεται ὅπως . . struggle arises, Th.8.6.
