δηρίομαι
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (Autenrieth)
(δῆρις), inf. δηριάασθαι, imp. δηριαάσθων, ipf. δηριόωντο, aor. δηρίσαντο, aor. pass. dep. δηρινθήτην: contend; mostly with arms, τὼ περὶ Κεβριόνᾶο λέονθ' ὣς δηρινθήτην, Il. 16.756; less often with words, ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν, Od. 8.76, , Il. 12.421.
English (Slater)
δηρῐομαι
1 contend with c. dat. δηρίομαι πολέσιν περὶ πλήθει καλῶν (O. 13.44)
