δηριάομαι

δηρῐάομαι, (δῆρις)

• contend, περὶ νεκροῦ δηριάασθαι (v.l. δηρίσασθαι) Il. 17.734; ὥστʼ ἀμφʼ οὕροισι δύʼ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον wrangle about boundaries, 12.421: abs., ὅ τʼ ἄριστοι . . δηριόωντο Od. 8.78; οἱ δʼ αὐτοὶ δηριαάσθων Il. 21.467; δ. τινί contend with one, A.R. 4.1729.— Later Act. δηρῐάω, contest a prize, Pi. N. 11.26; δίφροι δηριόωντες A.R. 1.752, cf. Opp. C. 1.230.—From δηρίομαι (used by Pi. O. 13.44) Hom. has aor. 1 Med. δηρίσαντο Od. 8.76: 3 dual aor. 1 Pass. δηρινθήτην (as if from δηρίνομαι) Il. 16.756 (later δηρινθῆναι A.R. 2.16, -θέντες Euph. 98.3): fut. δηρίσομαι Theoc. 22.70: also in aor. Act., δηρισάντοιν Thgn. 995; οὐκ ἄν τοί τις ἐδήρισεν περὶ τιμῆς Theoc. 25.82, cf. Lyc. 1306. [ῐ in pres.; ῑ in fut. and aor.]

†δηριάομαι

[δῆρις.]

3 dual δηριάασθον Il. 12.421.

3 pl. imp. δηριαάσθων Il. 21.467.

Infin. δηριάασθαι Il. 16.96, Il. 17.734.

3 pl. impf. δηριόωντο Od. 8.78.

To strive, contend, struggle, in passages cited.

For Pindar, see also: δηρίομαι

δηριάομαι , δηρίομαι (δῆρις), inf. δηριάασθαι, imp. δηριαάσθων, ipf. δηριόωντο, aor. δηρίσαντο, aor. pass. dep. δηρινθήτην: contend; mostly with arms, τὼ περὶ Κεβριόνᾱο λέονθʼ ὣς δηρινθήτην, Il. 16.756; less often with words, ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν, Od. 8.76, 78, Il. 12.421.

δηριάομαι from δῆρις

• to contend, wrangle, Hom.