νεικέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -έσω Il.10.115: aor. ἐνείκεσα, Ep. [[νείκεσσα]] or [[νείκεσα]], 3.38, 10.158: also pres. νεικείω 2.277, etc.; subj. [[νεικείῃσι]], [[νεικείῃ]], 1.579, Hes.''Op.''332; part. νεικείουσα Theoc.1.35: impf. νείκειον Od.22.26; iterat. νεικείεσκον Il.4.241: ([[νεῖκος]]):—[[quarrel]], [[wrangle with]] one, μή μοι ὀπίσσω νεικείῃ Od.17.189; <b class="b3">ἔριδος πέρι θυμοβόροιο νεικεῦσ' ἀλλήλῃσι</b> [[quarrel]] one [[with]] another, Il.20.254; ἐνείκεον εἵνεκα ποινῆς 18.498: c. acc. cogn., νείκεα… νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐναντίον 20.252; <b class="b3">νεικέσκομεν οἴω</b>, we two alone [[strove with him]], is prob. corrupt in Od.11.512 (νικάσκομεν Aristarch.): abs. in part. νεικέων Hdt.9.55.<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[chide]], [[rail at]], [[upbraid]], c. acc. pers., Il.1.521, al.; Ἀγαμέμνονα ν. μύθῳ 2.224; <b class="b3">αἰσχροῖς, ὀνειδείοις, χολωτοῖσιν ἐπέεσσιν</b>, 3.38, 21.480, Od.22.225, etc.; <b class="b3">ὃς νείκεσσε θεάς... τὴν δ' ᾔνησ'</b> [Paris] [[insulted]] the goddesses (Hera and Athena), but praised the other (Aphrodite), Il.24.29.—Ep. Verb, used twice by Hdt., 8.125, 9.55; not in Att.: in later Prose, [[LXX]] ''Pr.''10.12, al.