Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγωνίζομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγωνίζομαι

Structure: ἀγωνίζ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to contend for a prize
  2. to fight
  3. to contend for the prize on the stage, to contend for victory
  4. to contend against, to fight, to fight against
  5. to struggle, to exert oneself
  6. to be won by a contest, to be brought to issue, the contested points, under debate, shall be brought to issue

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • τίσ οὕτωσ εὐέλπισ ὑμῶν ἐστιν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, τίσ οὕτωσ ἀλόγιστοσ, τίσ τῶν προγεγενημένων καὶ νῦν ἐνεστηκότων πραγμάτων ἄπειροσ, ὅστισ ἐλπίζει τὸν ἐκ τοσαύτησ εὐδαιμονίασ εἰσ τοσαύτην ἀδοξίαν καταστήσαντα τὴν πόλιν, δι’ ἡντιναδήποτε αἰτίαν ἢ τύχην ‐ ἐῶ γὰρ τοῦτο ‐ νῦν, ἐπειδὴ πρὸσ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ ἀπορίαισ καὶ τοῖσ περιεστηκόσιν ἡμᾶσ κινδύνοισ καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐξ αὐτῆσ τῆσ πόλεωσ δωροδοκία προσγέγονε, καὶ περὶ αἰσχρᾶσ αἰτίασ κοινῇ πάντεσ ἀγωνιζόμεθα καὶ περὶ τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν τὰ ἰδίᾳ παρά τισιν ὄντα χρήματα κοινῇ τὸν δῆμον ἔχειν, τηνικαῦτα συμβουλεύοντα καὶ διοικοῦντα τοῦτον σώσειν ὑμᾶσ; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 113:1)
  • πολλῶν γὰρ ἐξεληλαμένων δικαίωσ ἐκ πάντων τῶν δήμων, συγκεκοινωνήκαμεν τῆσ δόξησ ταύτησ οἱ κατεστασιασμένοι, καὶ πρὸσ τὴν κατ’ ἐκείνων αἰτίαν, οὐ πρὸσ τὸ καθ’ αὑτὸν ἕκαστοσ ἀγωνιζόμεθα, ὥστ’ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ μέγαν ἡμῖν εἶναι τὸν φόβον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 3:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ μόνον περὶ τῆσ οὐσίασ ἀγωνιζόμεθα, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῆσ πολιτείασ, εἰ χρὴ δημοκρατουμένησ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἡμῖν μετεῖναι. (Lysias, Speeches, tou= Niki/ou a)de/lfou e)pi/logos> 4:2)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου ἐπιβουλεύοντεσ, αὐτοὶ ἄνευ κινδύνων ὄντεσ, τὴν κατηγορίαν ἐποιήσαντο, ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἀγωνιζόμεθα μετὰ δέουσ καὶ διαβολῆσ καὶ κινδύνου <τοῦ> μεγίστου. (Lysias, Speeches, 4:2)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ προσόδων ἀγωνιζόμεθα, ἀλλὰ ἑκάστοισ ἀπόχρη τὰ οἰκεῖα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 42:1)

Synonyms

  1. to contend for a prize

  2. to fight

  3. to contend against

  4. to struggle

Related

Derived

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

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