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ἀγωνίζομαι

agonizomai

contend for a prize

Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀγωνίζομαι, fut. -ῐοῦμαι E. Heracl. 992, etc. (in pass. sense, v. infr. B); -ίσομαι only in late writers, as Porph. Abst. 1.31; -ισθήσομαι Aristid. 1.504J.: aor. ἠγωνισάμην E. Supp. 427, etc.: pf. ἠγώνισμαι (in act. sense) Id Ion 939, Ar. V. 993, Isoc. 18.31 (Pass., v. infr. B): aor. ἠγωνίσθην in pass. sense, infr. B: act. form ἀγωνίσας IG 4.429 (Sicyon):— A. contend for a prize, esp. in the public games, Hdt. 2.160, al.; πρός τινα Pl. R. 579c, al.; περί τινος about a thing, Hdt. 8.26; Ὀλυμπίασιν Pl. Hp.Mi. 364a; περὶ πρωτείων D. 18.66; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας Id. 18.177: freq. c. acc. cogn., ἀ. στάδιον Hdt. 5.22; τῶν ἀγώνων, οὓς περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἠγωνίζεσθε D. 18.262; ἀγῶνα . . τόνδʼ ἠγωνίσω thou didst provoke this contest, E. Supp. 427, cf.Ion 939; ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖν ; Pl. Ion 530a: metaph., τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς Ὀλύμπια Porph. Abst. l.c. 2. fight, Hdt. 1.76,82, al.; περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων Th. 6.16; πρός τινα Id. 1.36, cf. 8.27: c. acc. cogn., μῶν τι κεδνὸν-ίζετο; E. Heracl. 795; [μάχην] -ίσαντο E. Supp. 637. 3. contend for the prize on the stage, of the rhapsode, Hdt. 5.67; of the playwright, Ar. Ach. 140,419; of the actor, D. 19.246, cf. 250, Arist. Po. 1451a8; of the choragus, D. 21.66: c. acc., δράματα IG 12(7).226 (Amorgos): generally, contend for victory, καλῶς . . ἠγώνισαι Pl. Smp. 194a, cf. Mx. 235d; argue, ὅλῳ τῷ πράγματι about the question as a whole, Hp.Mi. 369c; esp. argue sophistically, opp. διαλέγομαι, Tht. 167e. 4. of public speaking, X. Mem. 3.7.4; ἀ. πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν Arist. Fr. 133 (Theodect. ap. Rh. 6.19 W.). II. contend in court, as law term, Antipho 5.7: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. δίκην, γραφήν fight a cause to the last, Lys. 3.20, D. 23.100; ἀ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν (sc. γραφήν) Id. 24.131; ἀ. ἀγῶνα And. 1.20, Lys. 7,39; ἀ, φόνον fight against a charge of murder, E. Andr. 336; αὐτοῖς ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν grapple with the facts of the case, Arist. Rh. 1404a5. III. generally, struggle, exert oneself, c. inf., Th. 4.87; εὖ ἀ. Lys. 20.22, cf.Plu. Phoc. 37. B. Pass., to be decided by contest, brought to issue, mostly in pf., πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται Hdt. 9.26; τὰ ἠγωνισμένα points at issue, E. Supp. 465, D. 24.145: rarely in pres., ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμος the law on trial, D. 24.28; or aor., δεινὸς . . κίνδυνος ὑπὲρ τῆς . . ἐλευθερίας ἠγωνίσθη Lys. 2.34; ἠγωνίσθη λαμπρῶς (impers.) Plu. Sert. 21: fut. Med. in pass. sense, ἀγωνιεῖται καὶ κριθήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα shall be brought to issue and determined, D. 21.7.
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