δηριάομαι

deriaomai

contend

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Iliad 5
Open Iliad ›
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12421
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

1696
16756
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17734
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21467
Odyssey 2
Open Odyssey ›
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

876
878

Dictionary (LSJ)

δηριάομαι, (δῆρις) A. contend, περὶ νεκροῦ δηριάασθαι (v.l. δηρίσασθαι) Il. 17.734; ὥστʼ ἀμφʼ οὕροισι δὔ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον wrangle about boundaries, 12.421: abs., ὅ τʼ ἄριστοι . . δηριόωντο Od. 8.78; οἱ δʼ αὐτοὶ δηριαάσθων Il. 21.467; δ. τινί contend with one, A.R. 4.1729.— Later Act. δηρῐάω, contest a prize, Pi. N. 11.26; δίφροι δηριόωντες A.R. 1.752, cf. Opp. C. 1.230.—From δηρίομαι (used by Pi. O. 13.44) Hom. has aor. 1 Med. δηρίσαντο Od. 8.76: 3dual aor. 1 Pass. δηρινθήτην (as if from δηρίνομαι) Il. 16.756 (later δηρινθῆναι A.R. 2.16, -θέντες Euph. 98.3): fut. δηρίσομαι Theoc. 22.70: also in aor. Act., δηρισάντοιν Thgn. 995; οὐκ ἅν τοί τις ἐδήρισεν περὶ τιμῆς Theoc. 25.82, cf. Lyc. 1306. [ῐ in pres.; ῑ in fut. and aor.]

‹ All lexicon entries