ἀγωνιάω
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
English (LSJ)
inf.
A -ιᾶν Pl.Prt.333e, part. -ιῶν Id.Chrm.162c, Isoc.4.91: impf.ἠγωνίων Plb.1.10.6, etc.: fut.-άσω [ᾱ] Porph.Abst.1.54: aor. ἠγωνίᾱσα Timocl.22.5, Phld.Oec.p.41 J., D.S. 14.60: pf. ἠγωνίᾱκα (ὑπερ-) [D.]61.28:—contend eagerly, struggle, D.21.61; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc.l.c. II to be distressed or anxious, be in an agony, τετραχύνθαι τε καὶ ἀ. Pl.Prt.333e; ἀγωνιῶντα καὶ τεθορυβημένον Id.Ly.210e, cf. Arist.Pr.869b8, Men.Her.2, PPetr.3p.151; περί τινος Arist.Rh.1367a15: c.acc., Plb.1.20.6, al.; ἐπί τινι Plu.Caes.46; ἀ. μή . . Plb.3.9.2, etc.; ἀ. εἴ τι πείσεται Nic.Dam.Vit. Caes.9.
