rivalry
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἔρις, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, ζῆλος, ὁ, P. φιλονεικία, ἡ, ζηλοτυπία, ἡ, ζηλώματα, τά, ζήλωσις, ἡ.
a life of rivalry: V. πολύζηλος βίος (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 381).
an object of rivalry: use adj., P. ἐφάμιλλος, Ar. and P. περιμάχητος.
