ἀγωνιστής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[combatant]], ἀ. πικροί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1257</span> :—esp.[[competitor]] in the games, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.160</span>, <span class="bibl">5.22</span>; generally, opp. [[κριτής]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.37</span>, etc.:—as Adj., <b class="b3">ἀ. ἵπποι</b> [[race]]- horses, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[pleader]], [[debater]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>269d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span> 164c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[actor]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>918b28</span>; θεωροῖς εἴτ' ἀγωνισταῖς <span class="bibl">Achae.3</span>; ἀ. τραγικῶν παθῶν <span class="bibl">Timae.119</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[master]] in any art or science, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.201</span>,204; <b class="b3">ἄκρος ἀ. [τῆς γεωμετρίας</b>] [D.]<span class="bibl">61.44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> c. gen., [[one who struggles for]] a thing, [[champion]], <b class="b3">ἀ. τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἀληθείας</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.180</span> (pl.), Plu.2.16c.</span>