ἀγωνιστής
agonistes
combatant
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγωνιστής, οῦ, ὁ, A. combatant, ἀ. πικροί Ion 1257 :—esp.competitor in the games, 2.160, 5.22; generally, opp. κριτής, 2.13, 3.37, etc.:—as Adj., ἀ. ἵπποι race- horses, Them. 25. 2. pleader, debater, Phdr. 269d, Tht. 164c. 3. actor, Pr. 918b28; θεωροῖς εἴτʼ ἀγωνισταῖς 3; ἀ. τραγικῶν παθῶν 119. II. master in any art or science, 15.201,204; ἄκρος ἀ. [τῆς γεωμετρίας] []61.44. III. c. gen., one who struggles for a thing, champion, ἀ. τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἀληθείας, 3.180 (pl.), 2.16c.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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