emulate
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
emulate a person: P. and V. ζηλοῦν (acc.), ἀγωνίζεσθαι. (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἐρίζειν (dat.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι (dat.), P. ζηλοτυποῦν (acc.), φιλονεικεῖν (dat. or πρός, acc.).
equal: P. and V. ἰσοῦσθαι (dat.), ἐξισοῦσθαι (dat.).