ἀντᾰγων-ίζομαι,
__I struggle against, prove a match for, τινί, especially in war, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.8, etc.; ἀ. ταῖς παρασκεναῖς τινός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.81; πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους “Inscription Prien.” 17.15, cf. NT.Heb.12.4. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__I.2 generally, struggle, vie with, τινί[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.2; οἱ ἀνταγωνιζόμενοί τι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]the parties in a lawsuit, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27; [οἱ ἐλευθέριοι] οὐκ ἀ. περὶ τῶν χρημάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 act a part in rivalry with, τινί[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 29. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II as passive, to be set against, τινί[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.12.] Refs 5th c.BC+]