ἅμιλλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[contest]] for [[superiority]], [[conflict]], τῶν νεῶν ἅμιλλαν . . ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.44</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμιλλα 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]] [[chariot]]s, <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">ἅμιλλα 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 [[boatrace]]s, IG22.1028.20, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 183</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c.gen.rei, [[ἰσχύος]] [[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>; ποδοῖν, λόγων, φρονήματος, <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">ἅμιλλα 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 ἅμιλλα περί τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.15</span>; freq.in Poets with Adj., ἅμιλλα [[φιλόπλουτος]], ἅμιλλα [[πολύτεκνος]] = [[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">ἅμιλλα αἵματος</b> = [[αἱματόεσσα]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1155</span>:—phrases: ἅμιλλαν [[τιθέναι]], ἅμιλλαν [[προτιθέναι]] = [[propose]] [[contest]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1020</span>, <span class="title">Med.</span> l.c.; <b class="b3">ἅμιλλα ποιεῖσθαι</b> [[contend]] [[eagerly]], [[ὅκως]] . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμιλλα ἐποιοῦντο</b> they had a [[race]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.32</span>; ἅμιλλα ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>830d</span>; εἰς ἅμιλλα [[ἔρχεσθαι]], εἰς ἅμιλλα [[ἐξελθεῖν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>621</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>226</span>; πρὸς ἅμιλλα ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1083</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμιλλα γίγνεται ὅπως</b> . . [[struggle]] [[arise]]s, <span class="bibl">Th.8.6</span>.</span>