ἀγων-ία, ἡ,
contest, struggle for victory, ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91; πολεμίων ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 314, compare “Tr.” 1003; especially in games, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.52, “P.” 5.113:—also in Prose, ἐν δημοτικῇ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.15] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπασαν ἀ. ἐκτεἶναι [[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator] 60.30, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 gymnastic exercise, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 94b, “Lg.” 765c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, exercise, [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 456df, “R.” 618b. ] Refs]
__3 of the mind, agony, anguish, ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀ.[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.33, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 534.12 (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 869b6; ἐν τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς φόβοις, ἐλπίσιν, ἀγωνίαις [prev. author] “Spir.” 483a5; compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.248, +others, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p 56 W. (_plural_), 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus “Vit. Caes.” 9.] Refs 4th c.BC+]