ἀγώνισμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[contest]], [[conflict]]: in plural, [[deeds done in battle]], [[brave deeds]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.76</span>; [[feats]] of horsemanship, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>3.5</span>; ἀ. κατὰ τὰ ἆθλα <span class="title">CIG</span> 2741. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in sg., [[feat]], [[achievement]], [[ἀγώνισμα τινος]] = [[a feather in his cap]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17</span>: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.7.59</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>; [[ξυνέσεως ἀγώνισμα]] = [[prize of sagacity]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; [[ἀρᾶς ἀγώνισμα]] = [[issue of the curse]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1355</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἀγώνισμα ποιεῖσθαί τι]] = [[make it an object to strive for]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>; οὐ μικρὸν τὸ ἀγώνισμα προστάττεις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Im.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[that with which one contends]], [[declamation]], ἀγώνισμα ἐς τὸ παραχρῆμα <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; of plays, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1451b37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Law, [[plea]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.77</span>.</span>