contest
From LSJ
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, παλαῖσμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ (Aesch.); see struggle, argument.
gymnastic contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.
verb transitive
oppose: P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.).
argue against: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.).
contest a claim: P. ἀμφισβητεῖν (gen.); see dispute.
verb intransitive
be competitor: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι; see compete.
join in contesting: P. συναγωνίζεσθαι (absol.).
