φιλονικέω

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αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.

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Full diacritics: φῐλονῑκέω Medium diacritics: φιλονικέω Low diacritics: φιλονικέω Capitals: ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ
Transliteration A: philonikéō Transliteration B: philonikeō Transliteration C: filonikeo Beta Code: filonike/w

English (LSJ)

   A to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious, mostly in bad sense, φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο out of contentiousness, party spirit, Th.5.43 (-νεικ- codd.), cf. Lys.22.8 (-νεικ- codd.); φιλονικοῦντας, ἀλλ' οὐ ζητοῦντας τὸ προκείμενον Pl.Grg.457d, cf. R.499e, Lys.33.4 (-νεικ- codd.); οἵτινες . . νενικηκότες ἤδη . . οὕτω φιλονικοῦσιν (v.l. -νεικ-) , ὥστε . . X.HG6.3.16: of the state, φ. παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικές Democr.252; φ. ἄνευ γνώμης Thrasym.1.—Constr., abs., v. supr.; φ. περὶ παιδικῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Lys.3.40 (-νεικ- codd.); πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl.Lg.731a; οὐ πρός γε αὐτὸ τοῦτο ( add. codd. opt.) φιλονικοῦμεν, ὅπως . . Id.Phlb.14b; φ. περὶ πάντων, περὶ κάλλους, Isoc.2.25, 10.48; ἀριστείων πέρι Pl.Lg.935c, cf. D.5.25: simply c. acc., φ. τὸ ἐμὲ εἶναι τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον to be eager that I should be the answerer, Pl.Prt.360e; the acc. is mostly a neut. Adj., τὰ χείρω φ. to be so obstinate as to choose the worst, Th.5.111 (-νεικ- codd.); μηδὲν φιλονίκει D.20.144 (-νεικ- codd.); φ. ὅπως . . X.Mem.2.3.17: c. inf., φ. ἐπιδεῖξαι Plu.Pomp.31; ἐφιλονίκησαν (v.l. -νεικ-) αὐτούς is dub. in Arist.Pol.1306b1.    2 in good sense, ἁμιλλώμενοι καὶ φ. X. Cyr.1.4.15; περὶ καλλίστων φ. Isoc.4.85; φ. ὅπως . . Id.5.113.