ἐριδαίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἠρίδαινον <span class="bibl">Babr.68.3</span> : Ep. aor. I ἐρίδηνα <span class="bibl">A.R.1.89</span> : —Med., <span class="bibl">Q.S.5.105</span> : Ep. aor. I inf. ἐρῑδήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Il.23.792</span> (with vv. ll., dub.) ; elsewh. Hom. uses only pres. : (ἐρίζω):—[[wrangle]], [[quarrel]], μετ' ἀνδράσι <span class="bibl">Od.21.310</span>; αὔτως γάρ ῥ' ἐπέεσσ' ἐριδαίνομεν <span class="bibl">Il.2.342</span> ; νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Od.18.403</span> ; εἰ δὴ σφὼ ἕνεκα θνητῶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Il.1.574</span> ; <b class="b3">εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ</b>. we [[strive]] (as for a prize) for her excellence, <span class="bibl">Od.2.206</span> : c. dat., Εὖρός τε Νότος τ' ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν.. πελεμιζέμεν <span class="bibl">Il.16.765</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.89</span> ; also ἀντία πάντων.. ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος <span class="bibl">Od.1.79</span> ; τι in a thing, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>262</span> ; of war, first in <span class="bibl">A.R.2.986</span>, etc.:—Med., <b class="b3">ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι</b> [[compete in]] the foot-race, <span class="bibl">Il.23.792</span>.—Ep. word : also c. acc., <b class="b3">τεθυμωμένον ἄνδρα μὴ ἐριδαίνειν</b> (fort. <b class="b3">-δμαίνειν</b>) Demetr.Byz. ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.10.452d</span> ; <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>6</span> may be a reminiscence of <span class="bibl">A.R.1.89</span>.</span>