Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐριστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐριστός ἐριστή ἐριστόν

Structure: ἐριστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ri/zw

Sense

  1. matter for contest

Examples

  • ὅτι ἐρισταί ἐστε εἰσ διαλογισμούσ. λήψονται εἰσ ματαιότητα τὰσ πόλεισ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:20)
  • τὰ δὲ τοῖσ δυνατοῖσ οὐκ ἐριστὰ πλάθειν. (Sophocles, choral, antistrophe 34)

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

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