contest

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, παλαῖσμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ (Aesch.); see struggle, argument.

gymnastic contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.

verb transitive

oppose: P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.).

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

contest a claim: P. ἀμφισβητεῖν (gen.); see dispute.

verb intransitive

be competitor: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι; see compete.

join in contesting: P. συναγωνίζεσθαι (absol.).