ἀγωνία
agonia
contest, struggle for victory
Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγωνία, ἡ, A. contest, struggle for victory, ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων 2.91; πολεμίων ἀ. Hec. 314, cf. Tr. 1003; esp. in games, O. 2.52, P. 5.113:—also in Prose, ἐν δημοτικῇ ἀ. Cyr. 2.3.15; ἅπασαν ἀ. ἐκτεῖναι []60.30, etc. 2. gymnastic exercise, Art. 11, Men. 94b, Lg. 765c, etc.: generally, exercise, Grg. 456d sq., R. 618b. 3. of the mind, agony, anguish, ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀ. 18.33, cf. 534.12 (pl.), Pr. 869b6; ἐν τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς φόβοις, ἐλπίσιν, ἀγωνίαις Spir. 483a5; cf. 2.248, al., Ir.p 56 W. (pl.), Vit. Caes. 9.
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