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1 γνωσιμαχίας
γνωσιμαχίᾱς, γνωσιμαχίαobstinate contention: fem acc plγνωσιμαχίᾱς, γνωσιμαχίαobstinate contention: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) -
2 ἔρις
Aἔριν Od.3.136
, etc.; also ἔριδα, usu. in [dialect] Ep.: pl.ἔριδες, laterἔρεις Ep.Tit.3.9
, etc.:—strife, quarrel, contention:I in Il., mostly of battle-strife,αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔ. τε φίλη πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177
;μεμαυῖ' ἔριδος καὶ ἀϋτῆς 5.732
, cf. 13.358 ;κακὴ ἔ. 3.7
;ἔ. πτολέμοιο 14.389
, al.; reversely,ἔριδος νεῖκος 17.384
; ἔριδα ξυνάγοντεςἌρηος 5.861
; ἔριδι or ἐξ ἔριδος μάχεσθαι, 1.8, 7.111 ;ἔριδι ξυνιέναι 20.66
, 21.390 ; later,τὰν Ἀδράστου τάν τε Καδμείων ἔριν Pi.N.8.51
;ἔρις ἐνόπλιος Gorg.Fr.6
D.II generally, quarrel, strife,ἔρις θυμοβόρος Il.20.253
, etc.: less freq. in pl., ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα ib. 251 : freq. of political or domestic discord,φόνοι, στάσεις, ἔρις, μάχαι S.OC 1234
(lyr.);ἔριδες, νείκη, στάσις,..πόλεμος Ar.Th. 788
;ἔριδος ἀγών S.Aj. 1163
(anap.); ;ἔριν περί τινος ἐκφυγεῖν Pl.Lg. 736c
; λύειν, κατασβέσαι, E.Ph.81, S.OC 422 ;γενέσθαι ἔριν πρὸς σφᾶς αὐτούς Th.6.31
: with Preps.,ἐς ἔριν ἐλθεῖν τινι Hdt.9.33
, cf. Ar.Ra. 877 (hex.); ἀφῖχθαι, ἐμπεσεῖν, E.IA 319 (troch.), 377 ;ἐν πολλῇ ἔριδι εἶναι Th.2.21
;ἐν ἔριδι εἶναι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id.6.35
;ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέλλοντος δι' ἐρίδων ἦν Plu.Caes.33
: c. inf.,εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις..ἀρχῆς λαβέσθαι S.OC 372
.2 wordy wrangling, disputation,ἐκ τῆς ἔριδος..ἐμάχοντο Hdt.1.82
; ;ἐγένετο ἔρις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις μὴ λοιμὸν ὠνομάσθαι ἀλλὰ λιμόν Th.2.54
;ἦν ἔρις καὶ ἄγνοια εἴτε.. Id.3.111
;μεστὸς ἐρίδων καὶ δοξοσοφίας Pl.Phlb. 49a
, cf.Ti. 88a ;ἡ περὶ τὰς ἔριδας φιλοσοφία Isoc.10.6
;ἔριδος ἕνεκα Pl.Sph. 237b
; cf. ἐριστικός.III Personified, Eris, a goddess who excites to war,Ἔ. κρατερή Il.20.48
;ἐν δ' Ἔ. ἐν δὲ Κυδοιμὸς ὁμίλεον, ἐν δ' ὀλοὴ Κήρ 18.535
;Νὺξ..Ἔριν τέκε καρτερόθυμον Hes.Th. 225
: hence, as goddess of Discord, at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, Coluth.39, al.2 as a principle of nature,πάντα κατ' ἔριν γίνεσθαι Heraclit.8
: pl., Emp.124.2.IV contention, rivalry, freq. in Od., ἔργοιο in work, 18.366 ; ὅς τις ἔριδα προφέρηται ἀέθλων for prizes, 8.210 ;ἔρις χερσὶ γένηται 18.13
; ἔριδα προφέρουσαι in eager rivalry, 6.92 ;ἔριν στήσαντες ἐν ὑμῖν 16.292
: in later Poets, contest, καλλονᾶς, μελῳδίας, E.IA 1308, Rh. 923 ;ὅπλων ἔριν ἔθηκε συμμάχοις Id.Hel. 100
;ἔριν ἔχειν ἀμφὶ μουσικῇ Hdt.6.129
; ;ἔριν ἐμβάλλειν τισὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὅπως.. X.Cyr.6.2.4
; εἰς ἔριν ὁρμᾶσθαι ταύτης τῆς μάχης πρὸς τοὺς πεπαιδευμένους ib.2.3.15 ;εἰς ἔριν συμβάλλειν τινὰς περὶ ἀρετῆς Id.Lac.4.2
; κατ' ἔριν τὴν Ἀθηναίων out of rivalry with.., Hdt.5.88, cf. Pl.Criti. 109b ; ἔβα Πινδάροιο (leg. - οι)ποτ' ἔριν Corinn. 21
; Διὸς βρονταῖσιν εἰς ἔριν κτυπῶν in rivalry with.., E.Cyc. 328 ; in good sense,ἔρις ἀγαθῶν A.Eu. 975
(lyr.), cf. Hes.Op.24.------------------------------------ἔρις (B),A = ἶρις, [dialect] Att., acc. to Hsch. s.v. ἔριδας. -
3 μαδων
N 0-1-0-0-0=1 2 Sm 21,20= מדין/מדונ contention, strifeCf. TOV 1973, 89 -
4 μάχη
-ης + ἡ N 1 2-4-1-11-15=33 Gn 13,7.8; Jos 4,13; JgsA 11,25; JgsB 20,38battle, combat Jb 38,23; contention, strife Gn 13,7; contest, quarrel Prv 25,8μάχῃ in battle JgsA 11,25; εἰς μάχην for battle Jos 4,13 *JgsB 20,38 τῆς μάχης of combat-חרב for MT הרב multiply→ NIDNTT; TWNT -
5 ὄνειδος
-ους + τό N 3 3-3-11-22-14=53 Gn 30,23; 34,14; Lv 20,17; 1 Sm 11,2; 17,36disgrace Gn 30,23; object of reproach Ps 21(22),7*Prv 19,6 ὄνειδος reproach, insult-מדון contention? for MT מתן giftCf. SPICQ 1978a, 623-625; →TWNT -
6 γνωσιμαχία
γνωσῐ-μᾰχία, ἡ,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > γνωσιμαχία
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7 διαδικασμός
διαδῐκ-ασμός, ὁ,A lawsuit: contention, Aq.Ez.48.28.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > διαδικασμός
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8 διάτασις
2 extension, of a fractured or dislocated limb, Hp.Off.15, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.49.8.33;σπαρτῶν Alciphr.2.4
.3 stretching across: hence Medic.,δ. φρενῶν
diaphragm,Hp.
VM22; δ. alone, Id.Coac. 394; also of vaginal obstruction, Paul.Aeg.6.72.II tension, exertion,πνεύματος Thphr.Sud.32
; of athletes and the like , Arist.Pr. 885b23, IA 705a18; διατάσεις καὶ κλαυθμοί, of infants, Id.Pol. 1336a34: metaph.,ἡ εὔνοια.. οὐκ ἔχει δ. Id.EN 1166b33
;ἐν δ. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς Plu.Cor.21
; ἡ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον δ., of plants, Iamb. Protr.21.λή.2 contention, quarrel,εἰς μεγάλην ἐλθεῖν δ. πρός τινα D.S.38
/9.2(s.v.l.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > διάτασις
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9 κατατείνω
A : [tense] aor. - έτεινα (v. infr.):—stretch, draw tight,κατὰ δ' ἡνία τεῖνεν ὀπίσσω Il.3.261
, 311;κ. χαλινούς Hdt.4.72
; κ. τὰ ὅπλα draw the cables taut, Id.7.36;τὰ νεῦρα εἰς τὸ ἐξόπισθεν κ. Pl.Ti. 84e
.2 stretch for the purpose of setting a bone, Hp.Fract. 15:—also [voice] Med., ib.5:—[voice] Pass., μῦς κατατεταμένος ib.8.3 rack, torture, , cf. Ael. Fr. 176;κατατείνειν ταῖς κολάσεσι Id.Fr. 279
: metaph.,κ. τὴν ψυχήν Id.Fr.60
;κατέτεινέ με διηγούμενος Lib.Decl.33.25
;κατατείνεσθαι ὑπὸ ποδάγρας Phylarch.40
J., cf. AP11.128 (Poll.).4 stretch out or draw in a straight line, κατέτεινε σχοινοτενέας ὑποδέξας διώρυχας, i.e. he marked out the ditches by drawing straight lines, Hdt.1.189; δόλιχον κ. τοῦ λόγου make a very long speech, Pl.Prt. 329b; μακρὸν λόγον, πολλοὺς καὶ μακροὺς ἐλέγχους, Phlp.in APr.262.10, in APo.243.19;φεύγουσι κατατείναντες τὴν κέρκον Arist.HA 629b35
:—[voice] Pass., extend throughout, Id.PA 650a29.5 [voice] Pass., to be tightly bound,ὑπὸ δεσμοῦ Plu.Luc.24
.6 stretch on the ground, lay at full length, [ὁ ἐλέφας] τοὺς φοίνικας κ. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Arist.HA 610a24
;κ. τινὰς ἐπὶ τοὔδαφος Plu. Publ.6
:—[voice] Pass., to be extended over a space, ; πρὸς γῆν πᾶν τὸ σῶμα ib. 92a;σκέλη ἐπὶ τῇ γῇ -τεταμένα Arist.IA 713a19
.7 metaph., strain, exert,κ. τὴν ῥώμην ὅλην Plb.21.34.7
(s. v.l.):—[voice] Pass., to be strained, μᾶλλον, ἧττον-τείνεσθαι, Pl.Ti. 63c, λόγοι κατατεινόμενοι words of hot contention, E.Hec. 130 (anap.);δρόμημα συνεχῶς -τεταμένον Arist.HA 629b19
; κ. τῷ προσώπῳ strain with the muscles of one's face, Plu.Ant.77; cf. infr. 11.2.II intr., extend or run straight towards,τάφρον -τείνουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ταυρικῶν ὀρέων ἐς τὴν Μαιῆτιν λίμνην Hdt.4.3
, cf. 9.15; γῆ κ. πρὸς ἑσπέρην ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Ἀγγίτην it stretches westward up to.., Id.7.113, cf. 4.19, X.HG4.4.7: abs., extend,ταύτῃ κ. Hdt.8.31
.b extend downwards, Plu.2.566d.2 strive earnestly, be vehement, E.IA 336;ἰσχυρῶς κ. X.An.2.5.30
; opp. χαλάω, Pl.R. 329c; κ. ἡ ὀδύνη v.l. for κατακτείνειε in Hp.Fract.43, cf. Gal.6.311: freq. in [tense] aor. part. with adverb. sense, with all one's force or might,κατατείνας ἐρῶ Pl.R. 358d
, cf. 367b;ὁ λέων τρέχει κ. Arist.HA 629b18
;ᾠχόμην κ. Luc.Lex.3
;ὄρνεις κατατείνασαι ἐκπτήσονται Id.Sat.35
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11 μάχη
A battle, combat, freq. in Hom., usu. of armies,μ. καὶ φύλοπις Il.13.789
;ἐπὶ ἶσα μ. τέτατο πτόλεμός τε 12.436
;μ. ἐνοπή τε 12.35
;μάχαι τ' ἀνδροκτασίαι τε 7.237
; sts. of single combat, ib. 158, 232, 263; μ. καὶ δηϊοτής ib. 290;ναῶν ἐν μάχαις Pi.N.9.34
;μάχαις καὶ ναυμαχίαις Lys.30.26
;μάχη δορός A.Ag. 439
(lyr.), etc.: with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι fight a battle, Il.15.414, etc.;θήσονται μ. 24.402
;μάχας εἰσήλυθον 2.798
;ἀρτύνθη μ. 11.216
;μ. ἤγειραν 17.261
; μ. ὀρνύμεν, ὤτρυνον, 9.353, 12.277;συμφερόμεσθα μάχῃ 11.736
;πειρᾶτο μάχας Pi.N.1.43
; ἀντιάζειν τινὶ μάχαν ib.67;σὺν γυναιξὶ τὰς μ. ποιούμενος S.El. 302
, cf. X.Cyr.3.3.29;μάχην συνάψαι ἐμβολαῖς A.Pers. 336
; μ. συμβάλλειν τινί engage battle with.., E. Ba. 837; διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, Hdt.1.169,6.9, A. Supp. 475;διὰ μάχης ἐκβαλεῖν τινα Arist.Pol. 1303a35
(so ἐξέπεσον διὰ μάχης ib.34); εἰς μάχην πρός τινα ἐλθεῖν, μολεῖν, E.Ba. 636 (troch.), Ph. 694;ἐς μάχην ἐπεξιέναι τινί Th.2.23
;μάχης γενομένης Pl.Lg. 869c
; μάχῃ κρατῆσαι conquer in battle, E.HF 612, D.18.193 (with v.l. μάχην); νενικήκαμεν τὴν μεγάλην μ. X.Cyr.7.5.53
;Μιλτιάδης ὁ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μ. τοὺς βαρβάρους νικήσας Aeschin.3.181
; μάχη τινός battle with an enemy,Αἴαντος δ' ἀλέεινε μ. Il.11.542
, cf. Hes.Sc. 361;μ. ὑπέρ τινος Pi.N.7.42
; : pl., strifes,ἔρις τε.. πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε Il.1.177
;μάχας ἐν λόγοις ποιεῖσθαι Pl.Ti. 88a
, etc.: generally, contention, strife, Id.Ep. 352c, etc.;μάχης ἐάν τις ἄρξηται SIG1109.72
(ii A. D.);μ. νομικαί Ep.Tit.3.9
.2 = ἀγών, contest, as for a prize in the games, Pi.O.8.58 (but ἄεθλα, opp. μάχαι πολέμου, Id.O.2.44).II mode of fighting, way of battle,ἡ μ. σφέων ἦν ἀπ' ἵππων Hdt.1.79
;ἐπίστασθαι τὴν μ. τινῶν Id.7.9
.ά, cf. 7.85, X.Cyr.2.1.7.IV in Logic, contradiction, inconsistency, Epict.Ench.52.1, S.E.M.7.392. -
12 περιμάχητος
A fought about, fought for,ταῖσι φυλαῖς Ar.Av. 1404
; τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδωρ] Th.7.84 ; [πενία] ἥκιστα περιμάχητον not a thing one would fight for, X.Smp.3.9, cf. Pl.R. 521a, Lg. 678e ;δυναστεία ὑπὸ πάντων ἐρωμένη καὶ π. γεγενημένη Isoc.8.65
, cf. 7.24, 10.17 ; τὰ π. ἀγαθά such as are matters of contention, highly prized, Arist.EN 1169a21, cf. Pol. 1271b8, Rh. 1363a8, Epicur.Sent. Vat.45: [comp] Sup. - ότατος Isoc.9.40, Plu.Lyc.26 : in Ar.Th. 319, πόλις π., prob. with collat. sense of fought around, surrounded by battle.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > περιμάχητος
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13 ἀντεπίθεσις
A mutual attack, contention, Ph. 1.7, al.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀντεπίθεσις
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14 ἀντιδικία
ἀντιδῐκ-ία, ἡ,A litigation, contention,πρός τινα ὑπέρ τινος Plu.2.483b
; ὁ ἐξ -ίας the opponent in a process, Mitteis Chr.88.14 (ii A. L.); Astrol., opp. συναφεῖαι, συνάψεις, Ptol.Tetr. 191.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀντιδικία
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15 ἀπεριμάχητος
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16 ἐφάμιλλος
A a match for, equal to, rivalling,ἐ. γίγνεσθαί τινι X.Mem.3.3.12
, Isoc.1.12 codd.;ἀρχὴ ἐ. ταῖς μεγίσταις Plb. 32.8.3
; τὸ ἐ. equality, evenness, Plu.2.153f. Adv. - λως, ἀγωνίσασθαι Id.Cleom.39
, cf.Aristaenet.1.2.II [voice] Pass., regarded as an object of rivalry or contention,ἐφαμίλλου τῆς εἰς τὴν πατρίδα εὐνοίας ἐν κοινῷ πᾶσι κειμένης D.18.320
;ἐφάμιλλον ποιεῖν τι Id.20.102
;νίκην ἐ. ποιεῖν Plu. 2.214d
;ὅπως ἐφάμιλλον ᾖ πᾶσι.. φιλοδοξεῖν IG22.1227.20
, cf. 1292.18.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐφάμιλλος
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17 ἔρις
ἔρις, acc. ἔριδα and ἔριν: strife, contention, rivalry, Il. 1.8, Il. 7.210 ; ἔριδα προφέρουσαι, ‘putting forth rivalry,’ ‘vying with one another’ in speed, Od. 6.92 ; ἔριδά τινι προφέρεσθαι ἀέθλων, ‘challenge one to a contest for prizes,’ Od. 8.210 ; ἐξ ἔριδος, ‘in rivalry,’ Il. 8.111, Od. 4.343.—Personified, Ἔρις, Discord, Il. 11.73 . Ἔρῖς, Il. 4.440.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἔρις
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18 νεῖκος
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19 περί
περί: around, see ἀμφί.—I. adv. (including the so - called ‘tmesis’).— (1) around, all round; περὶ γάρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψεν | φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν, i. e. the leaves and bark that encircled it, Il. 1.236; so of throwing a cloak about one, standing around in crowds, being enveloped by the shades of night, Il. 3.384, Il. 10.201.— (2) over and above others, in an extraordinary degree, very; περί τοι μένος, ‘thou hast exceeding strength’, Od. 12.279 ; περὶ μὲν θείειν ταχύν, Il. 16.186; τὸν περὶ Μοῦσα φίλησε, ‘above others,’ ‘extraordinarily,’ Od. 8.63.—A subst. in the appropriate case may specify the relation of the adv., περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ' ἰξυῖ (dat. of place), Od. 5.231 ; ἦ σε περὶ Ζεὺς ἀνθρώπων ἤχθηρε (partitive gen.), Od. 19.363, in the phrase περὶ κῆρι, περὶ θῦμῷ, περί is adv., and the dat. local.—II. prep., (1) w. gen., rare of place, περὶ τρόπιος βεβαώς, i. e. bestriding it, Od. 5.130, 68; usually met., about, for, in behalf of, of the obj. of contention or the thing defended, μάχεσθαι περὶ νηός, ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ νηῶν, Π 1, Il. 12.142; then with verbs of saying, inquiring, about, concerning, of (de), μνήσασθαι περὶ πομπῆς, Od. 7.191; rarely causal, περὶ ἔριδος μάρνασθαι, Il. 7.301; denoting superiority, above, περὶ πάντων ἔμμεναι ἄλλων, Il. 1.287; so with adjectives, περὶ πάντων κρατερός, ὀιζυρός.— (2) w. dat., local, around, on, as of something transfixed on a spit or a weapon, περὶ δουρὶ πεπαρμένη, Il. 21.577; so of clothing on the person, περὶ χροῒ εἵματα ἔχειν, χαλκὸς περὶ στήθεσσι, κνίση ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ, curling ‘around in’ the smoke, Il. 1.317; then sometimes w. verbs of contending, like the gen., about, for, Od. 2.245, Od. 17.471, Il. 16.568, and w. a verb of fearing, Il. 10.240. Often the dat. is to be explained independently, περί being adverbial, see above (I).— (3) w. acc., local implying motion, στῆσαι (τὶ) περὶ βωμόν, φυλάσσειν περὶ μῆλα, and esp. of sounds, fumes floating around, coming over the senses, stealing over one, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ ἰωή, Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος, ‘went to his head,’ we should say, Od. 17.261, Od. 9.362; met., of that in which one is interested, πονεῖν περί τι, ‘about,’ ‘over,’ ‘with,’ Il. 24.444, Od. 4.624.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > περί
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20 ἔρις
ἔρις, - ιδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `strife, quarrel, contention' (Il.; on the meaning in Hom. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 139ff.; on Ἔρις and Δίκη in Hes. Kühn Würzb. Jb. 1947: 2, 259ff.).Other forms: acc. also - ινCompounds: As 2. member in δύσ-ερις (Att.), also with compositional lengthening δύσ-ηρις (Pi.) `creating unhappy struggle'.Derivatives: Denomin. verbs. ἐρίζω `fight, wrangle, quarrel' (Il.; from *ἐρί-ω enlarged? Schwyzer 735 n. 4; s. also below) with ἔρισμα `struggle' =- `object of the struggle' (Δ 38; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 187), ἐρισμός `id.' (Timo), ἐριστικός `quarrelsome' (Pl., Arist.), ἐριστής `quarreler' (LXX Ps. 138 [139], 20; v. l.). ἐριδαίνω `id.' (Il.; only present beside unclear ἐρῑδήσασθαι Ψ 792; cf. Schwyzer 733 w. n. 1, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 416). ἐριδμαίνω `provoke, irritate' (Π 260), = ἐριδαίνω (hell.); after the verbs in - μ-αίνω like πημ-αίνω; Schwyzer 724.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Because of the PN Άμφ-, Άν-ήρι-τος (Bechtel Namenstud. 7; also - ιστος) ἔρις must be an orig. ι-stem; therefore not to ἐρείδω `prop, support' (Schwyzer 464 w. n. 4). Not to ὀρίνω, ἐρέθω, Έρινύς (s. vv.), for which there is no indication. Hardly to Skt. ári-, arí- m. `enemy (?) etc.'Page in Frisk: 1,559-560Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἔρις
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contention — [kən ten′shən] n. [ME contencioun < OFr contention < L contentio < pp. of contendere: see CONTEND] 1. the act of contending; strife, struggle, controversy, dispute, quarrel, etc. 2. a statement or point that one argues for as true or… … English World dictionary
contention — [n1] competition altercation, argument, battle, beef*, belligerency, bone of contention*, bone to pick*, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding,… … New thesaurus
contention — ► NOUN 1) heated disagreement. 2) an assertion. ● in contention Cf. ↑in contention ORIGIN Latin, from contendere contend … English terms dictionary
contention — late 14c., strife, from O.Fr. contention, from L. contentionem (nom. contentio), from content , pp. stem of contendere (see CONTEND (Cf. contend)) … Etymology dictionary
contention — I (argument) noun allegation, area of disagreement, argumentation, cause, conflict, contest, controversy, debate, discord, disputatio, disputation, dispute, disputed point, ground, issue, legal dispute, legal issue, plea, point, polemic,… … Law dictionary
contention — dissension, difference, variance, strife, *discord, conflict Analogous words: *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble: controversy, dispute, *argument: contending, fighting, warring (see CONTEND) Contrasted words: agreement, concurrence,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contention — Contention, Contentieux, voyez Contendre … Thresor de la langue françoyse