ἀνταγωνιστής

antagonistes

opponent, competitor, rival

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10

1382b12
1383a22

Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30

1388a14
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 4 1338b9–1339a10

1338b37

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνταγωνιστής, οῦ, ὁ, A. opponent, competitor, rival, Dialex. 2.7, X. Cyr. 1.6.8, 3.3.36, Alex. 272; τινί τινος X. Hier. 4.6, etc.; ἀ. ἔρωτος a rival in love, E. Tr. 1006, cf. Pl. R. 554e, al.; χαλεποὶ ἀ. τοῖς βαρβάροις Isoc. 4.75; ἀ. τῆς παιδείας opponents of their system of education, Arist. Pol. 1338b37; ἀ. ἔχειν τινὰ ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς Plb. 2.45.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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