insist
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι διισχυρίζεσθαι, διαμάχεσθαι.
insist on, lay stress on: Ar. and P. ἐγκεῖσθαι (dat.), P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι περί (gen.).
demand (with infin. following): P. and V. ἀξιοῦν, δικαιοῦν; see demand.
