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ἀγωνιστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγωνιστικός

Etym.: a)gwni/zomai

Sense

  1. fit for contest or debate
  2. contentious, eager for applause, contentiously, to be disposed to fight

Examples

  • ἐν οἷσ ὁ μέγιστοσ κίνδυνοσ ἐν τῷ πολιτικῷ λόγῳ ἢ ἐπακολουθήσαντα καὶ ἐπισπασθέντα τῇ φύσει τῶν ἐννοημάτων, καὶ καθάπαξ ἀποστάντα τῶν ὑποκειμένων διαφθεῖραι [δὲ] τὸ δόκιμον τοῦ λόγου καὶ ὑπόκενον ἐργάσασθαι καὶ γενέσθαι παρόμοιον τοῖσ μετεωρολόγοισ τῶν σοφιστῶν, ἢ τὸ μέτρον τὸ ἐν τούτοισ ἐπισκεψάμενον, εἰσ ὅσον ἐξαίρεται ὁ ἀγωνιστικὸσ λόγοσ καὶ οἷστισιν ἀναμιγνύμενοσ οὐκ ἀμοιρεῖ ἐν τοῖσ ὁρ́οισ τοῦ ἀγωνιστικὴν μένειν τὴν σεμνότητα καὶ μὴ διαμαρτεῖν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 6:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ ζητητικοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ δύο εἰσὶν οἱ πρῶτοι χαρακτῆρεσ, ὅ τε γυμναστικὸσ καὶ ἀγωνιστικόσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 48:4)

Synonyms

  1. fit for contest or debate

Related

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

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