argue

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

argue a question: see discuss. verb intransitive

P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι, ἐρίζειν, P. ἀμφισβητεῖν; see contend.

contend that: P. διαμάχεσθαι, ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι (with infin.).

argue against: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.), ἀντειπεῖν (dat.).

argue out (a thing): P. and V. διαπεραίνειν (acc.) (Plato).

argue with: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἐρίζειν (dat.), P. ἀμφισβητεῖν (dat.); see contend with.