ἀγων-ία,ἡ,
A. contest, struggle for victory, ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων
Hdt. 2.91
; πολεμίων ἀ.
E. Hec. 314
, cf. Tr. 1003 ; esp. in games, Pi. O. 2.52 , P. 5.113 :—also in Prose, ἐν δημοτικῇ ἀ.
X. Cyr. 2.3.15
;ἅπασαν ἀ. ἐκτεἶναι[ D. ] 60.30 , etc.
2. gymnastic exercise, Hp. Art. 11 , Pl. Men. 94b , Lg. 765c , etc.: generally,exercise, Id. Grg. 456d sq., R. 618b .
3. of the mind,agony, anguish, ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀ.
D. 18.33
, cf. Men. 534.12 (pl.), Arist. Pr. 869b6 ; ἐν τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς φόβοις, ἐλπίσιν, ἀγωνίαις
Id. Spir. 483a5
; cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.248 , al., Phld. Ir. p 56 W. (pl.), Nic.Dam. Vit. Caes. 9 .