Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐρίζω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρίζω

Structure: ἐρίζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)/ris

Sense

  1. to strive, wrangle, quarrel, with
  2. to rival, vie with, be a match for, to contend with, in
  3. to engage in a contest, keep the contest up

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρίζω ἐρίζεις ἐρίζει
Dual ἐρίζετον ἐρίζετον
Plural ἐρίζομεν ἐρίζετε ἐρίζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐρίζω ἐρίζῃς ἐρίζῃ
Dual ἐρίζητον ἐρίζητον
Plural ἐρίζωμεν ἐρίζητε ἐρίζωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐρίζοιμι ἐρίζοις ἐρίζοι
Dual ἐρίζοιτον ἐριζοίτην
Plural ἐρίζοιμεν ἐρίζοιτε ἐρίζοιεν
ImperativeSingular έ̓ριζε ἐριζέτω
Dual ἐρίζετον ἐριζέτων
Plural ἐρίζετε ἐριζόντων, ἐριζέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐρίζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐριζων ἐριζοντος ἐριζουσα ἐριζουσης ἐριζον ἐριζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρίζομαι ἐρίζει, ἐρίζῃ ἐρίζεται
Dual ἐρίζεσθον ἐρίζεσθον
Plural ἐριζόμεθα ἐρίζεσθε ἐρίζονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐρίζωμαι ἐρίζῃ ἐρίζηται
Dual ἐρίζησθον ἐρίζησθον
Plural ἐριζώμεθα ἐρίζησθε ἐρίζωνται
OptativeSingular ἐριζοίμην ἐρίζοιο ἐρίζοιτο
Dual ἐρίζοισθον ἐριζοίσθην
Plural ἐριζοίμεθα ἐρίζοισθε ἐρίζοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐρίζου ἐριζέσθω
Dual ἐρίζεσθον ἐριζέσθων
Plural ἐρίζεσθε ἐριζέσθων, ἐριζέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐρίζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐριζομενος ἐριζομενου ἐριζομενη ἐριζομενης ἐριζομενον ἐριζομενου

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

  • ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ αὐτόσ, ὦ Πρωταγόρα τε καὶ Σώκρατεσ, ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶσ συγχωρεῖν καὶ ἀλλήλοισ περὶ τῶν λόγων ἀμφισβητεῖν μέν, ἐρίζειν δὲ μή ‐ ἀμφισβητοῦσι μὲν γὰρ καὶ δι’ εὔνοιαν οἱ φίλοι τοῖσ φίλοισ, ἐρίζουσιν δὲ οἱ διάφοροί τε καὶ ἐχθροὶ ἀλλήλοισ ‐ καὶ οὕτωσ ἂν καλλίστη ἡμῖν ἡ συνουσία γίγνοιτο· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 227:4)
  • ὑπὲρ οὗ πολλὰ μὲν Λυδοὶ Φρυξί, πολλὰ δὲ Φρύγεσ Λυδοῖσ ἐπολέμησαν, πολλὰ δ̓ Ιὤνέσ τε καὶ Δωριεῖσ καὶ ξύμπαντα γένη, ἀνοήτῳ δὲ ψευδοῦσ αὐτονομίασ ἔρωτι οὐδεὶσ ἐγκεχείρηκεν τοῖσ αὐτὸσ αὑτοῦ χρῆσθαι νόμοισ, οἱ δὲ ξύμπαντεσ περὶ τῶν Σόλωνοσ καὶ Δράκοντοσ καὶ Νόμα καὶ Ζαλεύκου νόμων ἐρίζουσιν, ὅπωσ τούτοισ, ἀλλὰ μὴ τούτοισ ἕπωνται, μηδενὸσ αὖ μηδὲ ἐκείνων οἱᾶ ἐχρῆν θέντοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 4:1)
  • ὑμεῖσ δὲ οὐδεπώποτε αὐτοὶ θιγόντεσ οὐδ’ ἐπιβάντεσ ἵππων οὐ δύνασθε κατέχειν αὑτοὺσ, ἀλλ’ ἐστὲ ὅμοιοι χωλοῖσ ὑπὲρ δρόμου ἐρίζουσιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 57:4)
  • καὶ πάντεσ ἐρίζουσιν ἀεὶ τὴν παροῦσαν ἑορτὴν νικᾶν πολυανθρωπίᾳ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 101:8)

Synonyms

  1. to strive

  2. to engage in a contest

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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