νεῖκος, εος, τό,
quarrel, strife, feud, ν... ὄρωρεν Ἕκτορος ἀμφὶ νέκυι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.107; ν. πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87; ν. κρεσσόνων ἀποθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).39, compare “N.” 6.51; τὸ ν. εὖ θέσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 633 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ν. ἐγκαλῶν imputing the blame of the quarrel,[[ [prev. work] 702; ν. θέσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.202. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 strife of words, railing, abuse, νεῖκος ἄριστε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.483; νείκει ὀνειδίζων 7.95; ἐς νείκεα ἀπικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.55. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 strife at law, dispute before a judge, κρίνων ν. πολλὰ δικαζομένων αἰζηῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.440, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.497 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; challenge to authority, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 also in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] not seldom for battle, fight, ν. ὁμοίιον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.444, +others; ν. πολέμοιο 13.271; ν. ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.264; ἔριδος μέγα ν. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.384; ν. φυλόπιδος 20.140; πόλεμος καὶ ν. 12.361; ἔριδες καὶ νείκεα 2.376; πόνος καὶ ν. 12.348; νείκεα καὶ δῆριν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 33; πόλεμος καὶ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 867 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.17; νείκεα νεικεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.251 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of hostilities between whole nations, νεῖκος πρὸς Καρχηδονίους [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.158, compare 225. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]