ἁμιλλάομαι

hamillaomai

compete, vie, contend

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23

1162b8
Book IX 1
Chapter 8 1168a28–1169b2

1169a8
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1
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Chapter 6 979a34–980b21

980a12

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἁμιλλάομαι: fut.-ήσομαι Ar. Pax 950, Pl. R. 349c: aor. ἡμιλλήθην E. (v. infr.), Th. 6.31; later ἡμιλλησάμην Plu. Arat. 3, Luc. Par. 51, Aristid. 1.127, 149 J., etc.: pf. ἡμίλλημαι E. (v. infr. ΙΙ.1):—A. compete, vie, contend, Ar.l.c., etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Th. l.c.: c. dat.pers., Hdt. 4.71, E. Andr. 127, etc.; πρός τινα Id. HF 960: c. dat. rei, contend in or with a thing, ἁμιλληθεὶς λόγῳ Id. Supp. 195, cf.HF 1255; βίῳ Hipp. 426; ἵπποις, τόξοις, etc., And. 4.27, Pl. R. 328a, cf. Lg. 834a; περί τινος about or for a thing, Luc. Charid. 20; περί τινι Pi. N. 10.31; ἐπί or πρός τι, Pl. Lg. 830e, 968b; ὑπέρ τινος Plb. 5.86.8: ἁ. ὡς . . or ὅπως . . , Pl. R. 349c, X. HG 7.2.14: c. acc. cogn., ἁ. στάδιον Pl. Lg. 833a. 2. in pass. sense, πόλλʼ ἁμιλληθέντα made subjects of contest, E. Fr. 812.2. II. without idea of rivalry, strive, hasten eagerly, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον X. An. 3.4.44; πρός τι to obtain a thing, Pl. R. 490a, Arist. EN 1162b8, al.; δεῦρʼ ἁμιλλᾶται ποδί E. Or. 456; σὲ τὴν ὄρεγμα δεινὸν ἡμιλλημένην Id. Hel. 546: metaph., c. acc. cogn., ποῖον ἁμιλλᾱθῶ γόον; how shall I groan loud enough? ib.165; τόνδʼ ἁμιλλῶμαι λόγον Hec. 271. III. Hsch. has Act., ἁμιλλᾶν· ἐρίζειν, καὶ εἰς τάχος γράφειν.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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