ἀγωνίζομαι

ἀγων-ίζομαι, [tense] fut.

A

-ῐοῦμαι E.Heracl.992

, etc. (in pass. sense, v. infr. B); -ίσομαι only in late writers, as Porph.Abst.1.31;

-ισθήσομαι Aristid.1.504J.

: [tense] aor.

ἠγωνισάμην E.Supp.427

, etc.: [tense] pf. ἠγώνισμαι (in act. sense) Id Ion939, Ar.V.993, Isoc.18.31 ([voice] Pass., v. infr. B): [tense] aor. ἠγωνίσθην in pass. sense, infr. B: act. form

ἀγωνίσας IG4.429

([place name] Sicyon):—

A contend for a prize, esp. in the public games, Hdt.2.160, al.;

πρός τινα Pl.R.579c

, al.; περί τινος about a thing, Hdt.8.26;

Ὀλυμπίασιν Pl.Hp.Mi.364a

;

περὶ πρωτείων D.18.66

;

ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας Id.18.177

: freq. c. acc. cogn.,

ἀ. στάδιον Hdt.5.22

;

τῶν ἀγώνων, οὓς περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἠγωνίζεσθε D.18.262

; ἀγῶνα . . τόνδ' ἠγωνίσω thou didst provoke this contest, E.Supp.427, cf.Ion939;

ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖν

;

Pl.Ion530a

: metaph.,

τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς Ὀλύμπια Porph.Abst.

l.c.

2 fight, Hdt.1.76,82, al.;

περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων Th.6.16

;

πρός τινα Id.1.36

, cf. 8.27: c. acc. cogn., μῶν τι κεδνὸν-ίζετο; E.Heracl. 795; [

μάχην] -ίσαντο E.Supp.637

.

3 contend for the prize on the stage, of the rhapsode, Hdt.5.67; of the playwright, Ar.Ach.140,419; of the actor, D.19.246, cf. 250, Arist.Po.1451a8; of the choragus, D. 21.66: c. acc.,

δράματα IG12(7).226

([place name] Amorgos): generally, contend for victory,

καλῶς . . ἠγώνισαι Pl.Smp.194a

, cf. Mx.235d; argue, ὅλψ τῷ πράγματι about the question as a whole, Hp.Mi.369c; esp. argue sophistically, opp. διαλέγομαι, Tht.167e.

4 of public speaking, X.Mem.3.7.4;

ἀ. πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν Arist.Fr.133

(Theodect. ap. Rh.6.19 W.).

II contend in court, as law term, Antipho 5.7: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. δίκην, γραφήν fight a cause to the last, Lys.3.20, D.23.100; ἀ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν (sc. γραφήν) Id.24.131;

ἀ. ἀγῶνα And. 1.20

, Lys.7,39; ἀ, φόνον fight against a charge of murder, E.Andr. 336; αὐτοῖς ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν grapple with the facts of the case, Arist. Rh.1404a5.

III generally, struggle, exert oneself, c. inf., Th. 4.87;

εὖ ἀ. Lys.20.22

, cf.Plu.Phoc.37.

B [voice] Pass., to be decided by contest, brought to issue, mostly in [tense] pf.,

πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται Hdt.9.26

; τὰ ἠγωνισμένα points at issue, E.Supp.465, D.24.145: rarely in [tense] pres., ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμος the law on trial, D.24.28; or [tense] aor.,

δεινὸς . . κίνδυνος ὑπὲρ τῆς . . ἐλευθερίας ἠγωνίσθη Lys.2.34

; ἠγωνίσθη λαμπρῶς (impers.) Plu.Sert.21: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, ἀγωνιεῖται καὶ κριθήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα shall be brought to issue and determined, D.21.7.