ἀγώνισμα

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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

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Transliteration A: agṓnisma Transliteration B: agōnisma Transliteration C: agonisma Beta Code: a)gw/nisma

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   A contest, conflict: in pl., deeds done in battle, brave deeds, Hdt.8.76; feats of horsemanship, X.Eq.Mag.3.5; ἀ. κατὰ τὰ ἆθλα CIG 2741.    2 in sg., feat, achievement, ἀ. τινος a feather in his cap, Th.8.12, cf. 17: c. inf., Id.7.59,86; ξυνέσεως ἀ. prize of sagacity, Id.3.82; ἀρᾶς ἀ. issue of the curse, E.Ph.1355.    II ἀ. ποιεῖσθαί τι make it an object to strive for, Hdt.1.140; οὐ μικρὸν τὸ ἀ. προστάττεις Luc.Im.12.    III that with which one contends, declamation, ἀ. ἐς τὸ παραχρῆμα Th.1.22; of plays, Arist.Po.1451b37.    IV in Law, plea, Antipho 5.36, Lys.13.77.