φῐλονῑκ-ία, ἡ,
love of victory, rivalry, contentiousness, mostly in bad sense, φ. ἕνεκα τῆς αὐτίκα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.41, compare 3.82; φ. ἀνόητος 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 237; φ. ἢ φιλοτιμίας ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 860d, cf. Alcaeus1.122c; ἐκ μέθης καὶ φιλονικίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.43; διὰ στάσιν καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους φ. [prev. author] 33.4; εἰς πόλεμον καταστᾶσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας καὶ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.158; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἔρις καὶ φ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.14, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88a; ἀλλά τίς με φ. εἴληφεν πρὸς τὰ εἰρημένα [prev. author] “La.” 194a; ὑπὸ τῆς πρὸς τἀμὰ ἔργα φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.12; οὐ φιλονικίᾳ γε ἐρωτῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 515b; ἐάν τις φιλονικίᾳ κριθῇ.. δρᾶν, τεθνάτω [prev. author] “Lg.” 938c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τοσοῦτον φιλονικίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ὥστε.. [[ [prev. author] “Mx.” 243b; ἐγένετο φ. ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ τίς αὐτῶν δοκεῖ εἶναι μείζων NT.Luke.22.24: _plural_, φ. καὶ φιλοτιμίαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 548c, compare “Ti.” 90b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.246; περὶ ὁπόσων ἂν ἐγγένωνται ἀνθρώποις φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.22; αἱ περὶ τὰς χορηγίας φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.53; φ. καὶ στάσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a31. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 in good sense, competition, emulation, emulous eagerness, ἔστω τούτων.. κατὰ νόμον ἅμιλλά τε καὶ φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c; φ. αὐτοῖς ἔμβαλλε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλονικίας ἐμποιεῖν περὶ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων[[ [prev. work] 8.2.26; φ. ἐνέβαλε πρὸς ἀλλήλους τισί [prev. author] “Ages.” 2.8 ] Refs]; especially in the games, πολλὴ φ. ἐγίγνετο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.27, compare “Lac.” 4.2; διὰ φιλονικίαν [prev. author] “Hier.” 9.6; τῶν ἐργατῶν φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ φιλοτιμία [prev. author] “Oec.” 21.10, compare “SIG” 685.12,36 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC, found in Crete).] Refs 5th c.BC+] —On the form φιλονεικία, see at {φιλόνικος} near the end