γνωσιμαχέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fight with one's own opinion</b> (τῇ προτέρᾳ γνώμῃ μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.59</span> B.), or <b class="b2">recognize one's own fighting power</b> (as compared with the enemy): hence, [[give way]], [[submit]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.25</span>, <span class="bibl">7.130</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>706</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>555</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.3.57</span>; <b class="b3">γ. μὴ εἶναι ὁμοῖοι</b> <b class="b2">give way and confess</b> that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">admit one's error</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1119.20</span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl">71 ii 14</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in later Prose, <b class="b2">contend obstinately</b>, in argument, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.526</span>, al.; γνωσιμαχήσαντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">D.H.9.1</span> (s. v. l.): abs., <b class="b2">to be at variance</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>27</span>.</span>