ἅμιλλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ης, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[contest]] for [[superiority]], [[conflict]], τῶν νεῶν ἅμιλλαν . . ἰδέσθαι Hdt.7.44; [[ἅμιλλα ἵππων]] [[horse race]], ib.196, cf. Pi.O.5.6, I.5(4).6; [[ῥιμφαρμάτοις ἁμίλλαις]] in [[racing]] of [[swift]] [[chariot]]s, S.OC1063, cf. El. 861; [[ἅμιλλα ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν]] [[contest]] of [[brave]] [[men]], D.20.108; μειρακίων Ar. Eq.556; χορῶν Pl.Lg.834e; of [[boat race]]s, IG22.1028.20, Pl.Com. 183.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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., [[ἅμιλλα λέκτρων]] [[contest]] for [[marriage]], E.Hipp.1141; ἔρωτος Gorg.Hel.5: abs., [[eager]] [[desire]], Herod.6.68 (s.v.l.):—also ἅμιλλα περί τινος Isoc.10.15; freq. in Poets with Adj., ἅμιλλα [[φιλόπλουτος]] = [[striving]] after [[wealth]], ἅμιλλα [[πολύτεκνος]] = [[striving]] after [[children]], E. IT411, Med.557: with [[genitive]] in [[adjectival]] [[sense]], [[ἅμιλλα αἵματος]] = [[bloody strife]], [[bloody quarrel]], [[bloody contest]] ([[αἱματόεις|αἱματόεσσα]]), Id.Hel.1155:—phrases: ἅμιλλαν [[τιθέναι]], ἅμιλλαν [[προτιθέναι]] = [[propose]] [[contest]], Id.Andr.1020, Med. l.c.; [[ἅμιλλαν ποιεῖσθαι]] [[contend]] [[eagerly]], [[ὅκως]] . . Hdt.8.10; [[ἅμιλλαν ἐποιοῦντο]] they had a [[race]], Th.6.32; ἅμιλλαν [[ποιεῖσθαι]] πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl.Lg.830d; εἰς ἅμιλλαν [[ἔρχεσθαι]], εἰς ἅμιλλαν [[ἐξελθεῖν]], E.Tr.621, Hec.226; πρὸς ἅμιλλαν ἐλθεῖν Id.Med.1083; [[ἅμιλλα γίγνεται ὅπως]] . . [[struggle]] [[arise]]s, Th.8.6.