contest
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται -> For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, παλαῖσμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ (Aesch.); see struggle, argument.
Gymnastic contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.
v. trans.
Oppose: P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.).
Argue against: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.).
Contest a claim: P. ἀμφισβητεῖν (gen.); see dispute.
V. intrans. Be competitor: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι; see compete.
Join in contesting: P. συναγωνίζεσθαι (absol.).
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