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ἀναγώνιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναγώνιστος

Structure: ἀναγωνιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gwni/zomai

Sense

  1. without conflict, never having contended for a prize

Examples

  • δὲ τῷ νόμῳ κινδυνευέτω ἀναγώνιστοσ γίγνεσθαι περὶ ἀρετῆσ, ἐὰν εἰσ τότε τὰ τοιαῦτα περὶ αὐτοῦ τοὺσ τότε κριτάσ τισ ἀναμιμνῄσκῃ. (Plato, Laws, book 8 111:1)
  • καὶ εἴ τίσ γε ἀσκητὴσ πολλὰ πονήσασ καὶ ἀξιόνικοσ γενόμενοσ ἀναγώνιστοσ διατελέσειεν, οὐδ’ ἂν οὗτόσ μοι δοκεῖ δικαίωσ ἀναίτιοσ εἶναι ἀφροσύνησ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 13:2)

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

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