περιμάχητος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fought about]], [[fought for]], ταῖσι φυλαῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1404</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδωρ</b>] <span class="bibl">Th.7.84</span>; [<b class="b3">πενία] ἥκιστα περιμάχητον</b> not [[a thing one would fight for]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>3.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>521a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>678e</span>; δυναστεία ὑπὸ πάντων ἐρωμένη καὶ π. γεγενημένη <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.24</span>, <span class="bibl">10.17</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ π. ἀγαθά</b> [[such as are matters of contention]], [[highly prized]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1169a21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1271b8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1363a8</span>, Epicur.<span class="title">Sent. Vat.</span>45 : Sup. -ότατος <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>26</span> : in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>319</span>, <b class="b3">πόλις π</b>., prob. with collat. sense of [[fought around]], [[surrounded by battle]].</span>