φῐλονῑκ-έω,
to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious, mostly in bad sense, φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο out of contentiousness, party spirit, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43 (-νεικ- codices),compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.8 (-νεικ- codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλονικοῦντας, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ ζητοῦντας τὸ προκείμενον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457d, compare “R.” 499e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.4 (-νεικ- codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἵτινες.. νενικηκότες ἤδη.. οὕτω φιλονικοῦσιν (variant{-νεικ-}), ὥστε.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the state, φ. παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικές [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 252; φ. ἄνευ γνώμης 4th c.BC: Thrasymachus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].—Constr., absolutely, see above; φ. περὶ παιδικῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.40 (-νεικ- codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἀρετήν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 731a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ πρός γε αὐτὸ τοῦτο (ὃ add. codices optative) φιλονικοῦμεν, ὅπως.. [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 14b ] Refs]; φ. περὶ πάντων, περὶ κάλλους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.25, 10.48; ἀριστείων πέρι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 935c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25: simply with _accusative_, φ. τὸ ἐμὲ εἶναι τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be eager that I should be the answerer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 360e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the accusative is mostly a neuter adjective, τὰ χείρω φ. to be so obstinate as to choose the worst, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111 (-νεικ- codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδὲν φιλονίκει [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.144 (-νεικ- codices)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ὅπως.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, φ. ἐπιδεῖξαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 31 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐφιλονίκησαν (variant{-νεικ-}) αὐτούς is uncertain in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306b1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]