ἁμιλλᾶσθαι
From LSJ
Ἴσον ἐστὶν ὀργῇ καὶ θάλασσα καὶ γυνή → Mulier et mare sunt isdem plane moribus → In ihrem Naturell sind Frau und Meerflut gleich
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἁμιλλάομαι): contend, hasten, argue with, compete with, contend with, discuss with, dispute with, emulate a person
Lexicon Thucydideum
certare inter se, aemulari, struggle with each other, to compete, 6.31.3.