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ἀγώνισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγώνισμα

Structure: ἀγωνισματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)gwni/zomai

Sense

  1. a contest, deeds done in battle, brave deeds, feats
  2. a feat, a fine stroke, the issue
  3. to make, to strive for
  4. that with which one contends, a prize-essay, declamation

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐγώ σοί φημι, ὦ Ιἕρων, πρὸσ ἄλλουσ προστάτασ πόλεων τὸν ἀγῶνα εἶναι, ὧν ἐὰν σὺ εὐδαιμονεστάτην τὴν πόλιν ἧσ προστατεύεισ παρέχῃσ, κηρυχθήσῃ νικῶν τῷ καλλίστῳ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ ἐν ἀνθρώποισ ἀγωνίσματι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 8:1)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ὥσπερ νόμον κατεστήσατο ὁ Κῦροσ, ὅσα διακρίσεωσ δέοιτο εἴτε δίκῃ εἴτε ἀγωνίσματι, τοὺσ δεομένουσ διακρίσεωσ συντρέχειν τοῖσ κριταῖσ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 32:1)
  • Ἴσωσ δέ τινεσ ἐπιζητοῦσι πῶσ ἡμεῖσ οὐκ ἐν ἀγωνίσματι κεχρήμεθα προφερόμενοι τοὺσ κατὰ μέροσ λόγουσ, τοιαύτησ ὑποθέσεωσ ἐπειλημμένοι καὶ τηλικαύτησ πράξεωσ· (Polybius, Histories, book 36, a. olymp. 157, 3. i. bellum punicum tertium 1:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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