φιλονεικεῖν
From LSJ
ἐν μὲν γὰρ ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ μνήμην τῆς οἰκείας προσηγορίας ποιεῖται, ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει, οὐδαμοῦ δὲ ἀπόστολον οὐδ' εὐαγγελιστήν (Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 3.5.88) → For in his epistles he doesn't even make mention of his own name — or simply calls himself the elder, but nowhere apostle or evangelist.
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also φιλονεικέω): emulate, be animated by party spirit, be argumentative, be contentious, be quarrelsome, emulate a person
Lexicon Thucydideum
aemulari, to rival, emulate, 3.82.3, 4.64.1. 5.43.2. 5.111.4, 7.71.1.
