ἐριδαίνω
eridaino
wrangle, quarrel
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐριδαίνω, impf. ἠρίδαινον 68.3 : Ep. aor. I ἐρίδηνα 1.89 : —Med., 5.105 : Ep. aor. I inf. ἐρῑδήσασθαι Il. 23.792 (with vv. ll., dub.) ; elsewh. uses only pres. : (ἐρίζω):—Α. wrangle, quarrel, μετʼ ἀνδράσι Od. 21.310; αὔτως γάρ ῥʼ ἐπέεσσʼ ἐριδαίνομεν Il. 2.342 ; νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐ. Od. 18.403 ; εἰ δὴ σφὼ ἕνεκα θνητῶν ἐ. Il. 1.574 ; εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. we strive (as for a prize) for her excellence, Od. 2.206 : c. dat., Εὖρός τε Νότος τʼ ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν.. πελεμιζέμεν Il. 16.765, cf. 1.89 ; also ἀντία πάντων.. ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος Od. 1.79 ; τι in a thing, Dian. 262 ; of war, first in 2.986, etc.:—Med., ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι compete in the foot-race, Il. 23.792.—Ep. word : also c. acc., τεθυμωμένον ἄνδρα μὴ ἐριδαίνειν (fort. -δμαίνειν) Demetr.Byz. ap. 10.452d ; Pisc. 6 may be a reminiscence of 1.89.
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