competitor
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ἀγωνιστής, ὁ, ἀνταγωνιστής, ὁ, V. παλαιστής, ὁ; see rival.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
compĕtītor: ōris, m. id.,
I a rival, competitor (in good prose); in gen., Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Att. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 6, 41, 2; 37, 57, 15; Quint. 3, 7, 2; 7, 1, 29; 9, 2, 97; Suet. Caes. 13; 19; Dig. 50, 2, 3, § 2.—
II Esp., a plaintiff, Cod. Th. 10, 9, 2.
