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νεικέω

νεικέω, to quarrel

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νεικεῦσʼ present active participle feminine nominative plural, present active participle feminine vocative plural, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of νεικέω

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νεικ-έω, fut. -έσω Il. 10.115: aor. ἐνείκεσα, Ep. νείκεσσα or νείκεσα, 3.38, 10.158: also pres. νεικείω 2.277, etc.; subj. νεικείῃσι, νεικείῃ, 1.579, Hes. Op. 332; part. νεικείουσα Theoc. 1.35: impf. νείκειον Od. 22.26; iterat. νεικείεσκον Il. 4.241: (νεῖκος):—
  • quarrel, wrangle with one, μή μοι ὀπίσσω νεικείῃ Od. 17.189; ἔριδος πέρι θυμοβόροιο νεικεῦσʼ ἀλλήλῃσι quarrel one with another, Il. 20.254; ἐνείκεον εἵνεκα ποινῆς 18.498: c. acc. cogn., νείκεα . . νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐναντίον 20.252; νεικέσκομεν οἴω, we two alone strove with him, is prob. corrupt in Od. 11.512 (νικάσκομεν Aristarch.): abs. in part. νεικέων Hdt. 9.55.
    • II trans., chide, rail at, upbraid, c. acc. pers., Il. 1.521, al.; Ἀγαμέμνονα ν. μύθῳ 2.224; αἰσχροῖς, ὀνειδείοις, χολωτοῖσιν ἐπέεσσιν, 3.38, 21.480, Od. 22.225, etc.; ὃς νείκεσσε θεάς . ., τὴν δʼ ᾔνησʼ [Paris] insulted the goddesses (Hera and Athena), but praised the other (Aphrodite), Il. 24.29.—Ep. Verb, used twice by Hdt., 8.125, 9.55; not in Att.: in later Prose, LXX Pr. 10.12, al.

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