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προσφιλονεικέω

προσφιλονεικέω, to vie with

προσφῐλο-νεικέω,
  • vie with another in anything, τισὶ πρός τι Plb. 2.19.6.
      • 2 cling stoutly to, τῇ δόξῃ τῇ αὑτοῦ Arist. Mete. 343b25; persist in, πολέμῳ Charito 5.1.
      • 3 insist, contend, c. inf., Hld. 10.19.
      • 4 abs., J. BJ 5.11.3, Plu. QConv. 2.648d.

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