ἀγων-ίζομαι , fut. -ῐοῦμαι E. Heracl. 992 , etc. (in pass. sense, v. infr. B); -ίσομαι only in late writers, as Porph. Abst. 1.31 ; -ισθήσομαι Aristid. 1.504J. : aor. ἠγωνισάμην E. Supp. 427 , etc.: p
ἀγων-ίζομαι,fut.
A.
-ῐοῦμαι
E. Heracl. 992
, etc. (in pass. sense,v.infr. B);-ίσομαιonly in late writers, as Porph. Abst. 1.31 ; -ισθήσομαι
Aristid. 1.504J.
:aor.
ἠγωνισάμην
E. Supp. 427
, etc.:pf. ἠγώνισμαι(in act. sense) Id Ion 939 , Ar. V. 993 , Isoc. 18.31 ( Pass. ,v.infr. B):aor. ἠγωνίσθηνin pass. sense, infr. B: act. form ἀγωνίσας
IG 4.429
(Sicyon):—
A. contend for a prize, esp. in the public games, Hdt. 2.160 , al.; πρός τινα
Pl. R. 579c
, al.;περί τινος abouta thing, Hdt. 8.26 ; Ὀλυμπίασιν
Pl. Hp.Mi. 364a
; περὶ πρωτείων
D. 18.66
; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας
Id. 18.177
: freq. c. acc. cogn., ἀ. στάδιον
Hdt. 5.22
; τῶν ἀγώνων, οὓς περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἠγωνίζεσθε
D. 18.262
;ἀγῶνα . . τόνδ' ἠγωνίσωthoudidst provokethis contest, E. Supp. 427 , cf. Ion 939 ; ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖν ;
Pl. Ion 530a
: metaph., τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς Ὀλύμπια
Porph. Abst.
l.c.
2. fight, Hdt. 1.76 , 82 , al.; περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων
Th. 6.16
; πρός τινα
Id. 1.36
, cf. 8.27 : c. acc. cogn.,μῶν τι κεδνὸν-ίζετο; E. Heracl. 795 ; [ μάχην] -ίσαντο
E. Supp. 637
.
3. contend for the prize on the stage, of the rhapsode, Hdt. 5.67 ; of the playwright, Ar. Ach. 140 , 419 ; of the actor, D. 19.246 , cf. 250 , Arist. Po. 1451a8 ; of the choragus, D. 21.66 : c. acc., δράματα
IG 12(7).226
(Amorgos): generally,contend for victory, καλῶς . . ἠγώνισαι
Pl. Smp. 194a
, cf. Mx. 235d ;argue,ὅλψ τῷ πράγματιabout the question as a whole, Hp.Mi. 369c ; esp.argue sophistically, opp.διαλέγομαι, Tht. 167e .
4. of public speaking, X. Mem. 3.7.4 ; ἀ. πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν
Arist. Fr. 133
( Theodect. ap. Rh. 6.19 W.).
II. contend in court, as law term, Antipho 5.7 : c. acc. cogn.,ἀ. δίκην, γραφήν fighta causeto the last, Lys. 3.20 , D. 23.100 ;ἀ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν(sc.γραφήν) Id. 24.131 ; ἀ. ἀγῶνα
And. 1.20
, Lys. 7 , 39 ;ἀ, φόνον fight againsta charge of murder, E. Andr. 336 ;αὐτοῖς ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν grapple withthe facts of the case, Arist. Rh. 1404a5 .
III. generally,struggle, exert oneself, c.inf., Th. 4.87 ; εὖ ἀ.
Lys. 20.22
, cf. Plu. Phoc. 37 .
B.
Pass. ,to be decided by contest, brought to issue, mostly inpf., πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται
Hdt. 9.26
;τὰ ἠγωνισμένα points at issue, E. Supp. 465 , D. 24.145 : rarely inpres.,ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμοςthe lawon trial, D. 24.28 ; oraor., δεινὸς . . κίνδυνος ὑπὲρ τῆς . . ἐλευθερίας ἠγωνίσθη
Lys. 2.34
;ἠγωνίσθη λαμπρῶς(impers.) Plu. Sert. 21 :fut.
Med. in pass. sense,ἀγωνιεῖται καὶ κριθήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα shall be brought to issueand determined, D. 21.7 .
