δηριόωντες

δηριάομαι

contend: pres part act masc nom /voc pl (epic)

δηριάω

contend: pres part act masc nom /voc pl (epic)

δηρῐάομαι, ([etym.] δῆρις)

A contend, περὶ νεκροῦ δηριάασθαι (v.l. δηρίσασθαι) Il.17.734; ὥστ' ἀμφ' οὕροισι δὔ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον wrangle about boundaries, 12.421: abs.,

ὅ τ' ἄριστοι.. δηριόωντο Od.8.78

;

οἱ δ' αὐτοὶ δηριαάσθων Il.21.467

; δ. τινί contend with one, A.R.4.1729.— Later [voice] Act. [full] δηρῐάω, contest a prize, Pi.N.11.26;

δίφροι δηριόωντες A.R.1.752

, cf. Opp.C.1.230.—From [full] δηρίομαι (used by Pi.O.13.44) Hom. has [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med.

δηρίσαντο Od.8.76

: [ per.] 3 dual [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Pass. δηρινθήτην (as if from δηρίνομαι) Il.16.756 (later

δηρινθῆναι A.R.2.16

,

- θέντες Euph.98.3

): [tense] fut.

δηρίσομαι Theoc.22.70

: also in [tense] aor. [voice] Act.,

δηρισάντοιν Thgn.995

;

οὐκ ἅν τοί τις ἐδήρισεν περὶ τιμῆς Theoc. 25.82

, cf. Lyc.1306. [[pron. full] ῐ in [tense] pres.; [pron. full] ῑ in [tense] fut. and [tense] aor.]

ἀπείρῐτος, ον,

A = ἀπειρέσιος, Od.10.195, Hes.Th. 109; boundless, immense,

νῆσος D.P.4

;

γαῖα Orph.Fr.91

, al.: neut. pl. as Adv., ἀπείριτα δηριόωντες Timo12.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `battle' (Il.; cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 141ff.).

Derivatives: Denomin. δηρῐ́ομαι (Pi.), aor. δηρί̄σαντο (θ 76), act. δηρῖσαι (Thgn.), pass. δηρινθήτην (Π 756) as if from *δηρίνω; perhaps for δηρῑθήτην (Schwyzer 761 n. 5; s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 404), δηρινθῆναι (A. R.), pres. metrically reshaped in δηριόωντο, δηριάασθαι etc. (Hom.; Schwyzer 727, Chantraine 1, 359); ptc. act. δηριώντων (Pi. N. 11, 26; for - όντων acc. to Schulze Q. 384 A. 3), δηριόωντες (A. R. 1, 752; s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 234, partly metrically determined). - δηρίττειν ἐρίζειν H. - Privative adj. ἀ-δήρῑ-τος `without battle' (Ρ 42; ἄ-δηρις AP); as verbal adj. to δηρίομαι `undomitable (A. Pr. 105), `undisputed' (Plb.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] * der- `split'

Etymology: Formally δῆρις agrees with Skt. - dāri- `splitting' (as second member in the Epos); verbal abstract in -i- (Osthoff ZdgP 118 and 607, Brugmann Grundr.<sup>2</sup> 2: 1, 518). So originally `splitting, discord'. Further s. δέρω.

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