ἠγώνισμαι

ἀγωνίζομαι

contend for a prize: perf ind mp 1st sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)

ἀγωνίζομαι

contend for a prize: perf ind mp 1st sg (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)

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 Ion 939, 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. Ion 939;

ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖν

;

Pl. Ion 530a

: 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.

ἀγωνίζομαι impf. ἠγωνιζόμην; fut. ἀγωνίσομαι (Just., D. 65, 2) and ἀγωνιοῦμαι (68, 3); 1 aor. ἠγωνισάμην; pf. ἠγώνισμαι (Eur., Hdt.+).

① of a(n athletic) contest, lit. and fig. engage in a contest πᾶς ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος 1 Cor 9:25 (AEhrhardt, ZNW 48, ’57, 101–10); cp. 2 Cl 7:1ff.

② gener. to fight, struggle

ⓐ lit., w. weapons (Polyb. 1, 45, 9; Plut., Marcell. 303 [10, 4]; 2 Macc 8:16) ἠγωνίζοντο ἄν, ἵνα μὴ παραδοθῶ J 18:36.

ⓑ fig. of any struggle (περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας Orig., C. Cels. 1, 62, 63) κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος I labor, striving Col 1:29; cp. 1 Ti 4:10. Of wrestling in prayer (ἀ. δὲ διὰ τῶν πρὸς θεὸν εὐχῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίως στρατευομένων Orig., C. Cels. 8, 73, 24) ἀ. ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν Col 4:12 (ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος: Diod S 13, 14, 3; SIG 317, 20; 386, 19; 409, 33; Jos., Ant. 13, 193). ἀ. ἀγῶνα (s. ἀγών 2) 1 Ti 6:12; 2 Ti 4:7 (JBarton, Biblica 40, ’59, 878–84). W. inf. foll. (Thu. 8, 89, 4 ἠγωνίζετο εἷς ἕκαστος αὐτὸς πρῶτος προστάτης τοῦ δήμου γενέσθαι; Diod S 31, 19, 8 ὥστε ὁ πατὴρ ἐξίστασθαι τῆς ὅλης ἀρχῆς ἠγωνίζετο τῷ παιδί; PLond 1338.—ἀγ. simply=‘take pains, exert oneself’: Just., D. 38, 2; 65, 2 al.; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 31, II 2 p. 203, 9; Sb 6997, 9 [III B.C.]) ἀγωνίζεσθε εἰσελθεῖν strain every nerve to enter Lk 13:24; cp. 1 Cl 35:4; B 4:11.—DELG s.v. ἄγω. M-M. TW.