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φιλονικέω

φιλονικέω, to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious

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ἐφιλονίκουν imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of φιλονικέω

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φῐλονῑκ-έω,
  • to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious, mostly in bad sense, φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο out of contentiousness, party spirit, Th. 5.43 (-νεικ- codd.), cf. Lys. 22.8 (-νεικ- codd.); φιλονικοῦντας, ἀλλʼ οὐ ζητοῦντας τὸ προκείμενον Pl. Grg. 457d, cf. R. 499e, Lys. 33.4 (-νεικ- codd.); οἵτινες . . νενικηκότες ἤδη . . οὕτω φιλονικοῦσιν (v.l. -νεικ-) , ὥστε . . X. HG 6.3.16: of the state, φ. παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικές Democr. 252; φ. ἄνευ γνώμης Thrasym. 1.—Constr., abs., v. supr.; φ. περὶ παιδικῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Lys. 3.40 (-νεικ- codd.); πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl. Lg. 731a; οὐ πρός γε αὐτὸ τοῦτο (ὃ add. codd. opt.) φιλονικοῦμεν, ὅπως . . Id. Phlb. 14b; φ. περὶ πάντων, περὶ κάλλους, Isoc. 2.25, 10.48; ἀριστείων πέρι Pl. Lg. 935c, cf. D. 5.25: simply c. acc., φ. τὸ ἐμὲ εἶναι τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον to be eager that I should be the answerer, Pl. Prt. 360e; the acc. is mostly a neut. Adj., τὰ χείρω φ. to be so obstinate as to choose the worst, Th. 5.111 (-νεικ- codd.); μηδὲν φιλονίκει D. 20.144 (-νεικ- codd.); φ. ὅπως . . X. Mem. 2.3.17: c. inf., φ. ἐπιδεῖξαι Plu. Pomp. 31; ἐφιλονίκησαν (v.l. -νεικ-) αὐτούς is dub. in Arist. Pol. 1306b1.
      • 2 in good sense, ἁμιλλώμενοι καὶ φ. X. Cyr. 1.4.15; περὶ καλλίστων φ. Isoc. 4.85; φ. ὅπως . . Id. 5.113.

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