ἅμιλλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[contest for superiority]], [[conflict]], τῶν νεῶν ἅμιλλαν . . ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.44</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἵππων</b> horse-[[race]], ib.<span class="bibl">196</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>5(4).6</span>; <b class="b3">ῥιμφαρμάτοις ἁμίλλαις</b> in [[racing]] of swift chariots, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1063</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span> 861</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν</b> [[contest]] of brave men, <span class="bibl">D.20.108</span>; μειρακίων <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Eq.</span>556</span>; χορῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>834e</span>; of boat-[[races]], IG22.1028.20, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 183</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c.gen.rei, <b class="b3">ἰσχύος</b> [[trial]] of strength, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.12</span> (pl.); πτερύ γων ἁμίλλαις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>129</span>; <b class="b3">ποδοῖν, λόγων, φρονήματος</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>212</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span> 546</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>214</span>; ἀρετῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>731b</span>: c. gen. obj., <b class="b3">ἅ. λέκτρων</b> [[contest for]] marriage, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1141</span>; ἔρωτος <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Hel.</span>5</span>: abs., [[eager desire]], <span class="bibl">Herod.6.68</span> (s.v.l.):—also ἅ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.15</span>; freq.in Poets with Adj., <b class="b3">ἅ. φιλόπλουτος, πολύτεκνος</b> [[striving after]] wealth or children, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IT</span>411</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>557</span>: with gen.in adjectival sense, <b class="b3">ἅ.αἵματος</b>, = [[αἱματόες σα]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1155</span>:—phrases: <b class="b3">ἅμιλλαν τιθέναι, προτιθέναι</b> propose [[contest]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1020</span>, <span class="title">Med.</span> l.c.; <b class="b3">ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> [[contend]] eagerly, <b class="b3">ὅκως</b> . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἐποιοῦντο</b> they had a [[race]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.32</span>; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>830d</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἅ. ἔρχεσθαι, ἐξελθεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>621</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>226</span>; πρὸς ἅ. ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1083</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. γίγνεται ὅπως</b> . . [[struggle]] arises, <span class="bibl">Th.8.6</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[contest]] (Pi).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Could be from <b class="b3">*ἅμ-ιλ-ι̯α</b> (cf. <b class="b3">θύελλα</b>, <b class="b3">ἄμαλλα</b>, Schwyzer 475, Chantr. Form. 99). Connection with <b class="b3">ἅμα</b> etc. is possible but uncertain. Wrong Adrados Emerita 17, 119ff. (<b class="b3">ἅμα</b> and <b class="b3">ἴλη</b>). For the form cf. <b class="b3">ἀμίλλακαν οἶνον</b> H. All words in <b class="b3">-ιλλ(α</b>) look non-IE; an IE suffix is very doubtful (cf. Benveniste Or. 41).