ἐριδαίνω

ἐρῐδ-αίνω, impf. ἠρίδαινον Babr. 68.3: Ep. aor. 1 ἐρίδηνα A.R. 1.89: —Med., Q.S. 5.105: Ep. aor. 1 inf. ἐρῑδήσασθαι Il. 23.792 (with vv. ll., dub.); elsewh. Hom. uses only pres.: (ἐρίζω):—

• wrangle, quarrel, μετʼ ἀνδράσι Od. 21.310; αὔτως γάρ ῥʼ ἐπέεσσʼ ἐριδαίνομεν Il. 2.342; νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐ. Od. 18.403; εἰ δὴ σφὼ ἕνεκα θνητῶν ἐ. Il. 1.574; εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. we strive (as for a prize) for her excellence, Od. 2.206: c. dat., Εὖρός τε Νότος τʼ ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν.. πελεμιζέμεν Il. 16.765, cf. A.R. 1.89; also ἀντία πάντων.. ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος Od. 1.79; τι in a thing, Call. Dian. 262; of war, first in A.R. 2.986, etc.:—Med., ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι compete in the foot-race, Il. 23.792.—Ep. word: also c. acc., τεθυμωμένον ἄνδρα μὴ ἐριδαίνειν (fort. -δμαίνειν) Demetr.Byz. ap. Ath. 10.452d; Luc. Pisc. 6 may be a reminiscence of A.R. 1.89.

ἐριδαίνω, (ἔρις), aor. ἐρίδηνα, Ap.Rh., u. ἐριδήσασθαι, Il. 23.792, streiten, zanken, Il. 1.574 ; περὶ πτωχῶν Od. 18.403 ; ἐπέεσσι 2.342 ; ὡς δʼ Εὖρός τε Νότος τʼ ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιϊν, mit einander, Il. 16.765 ; auch ἀντία πάντων, gegen alle, Od. 1.79, u. μετʼ ἀνδράσι, 21.310 ; wetteifern, wettkämpfen, εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐριδαίνομεν 2.206 ; ποσσὶν ἐρῑδήσασθαι Ἀχαιοῖς, an Schnellfüßigkeit mit den Achäern wetteifern, Il. 23.792 ; μηδʼ ἐλαφηβολίην μηδʼ εὐστοχίην ἐριδαίνειν Callim. Dian. 262, im Schießen. – Bei sp.D. auch feindlich, kämpfen, Ap.Rh., Orph.; τινά, reizen, wie ἐρεθίζω, Ath. X.452d.
[in ἐριδήσασθαι wird ι durch die Vershebung lang, weshalb Einige ἐριδδήσασθαι haben schreiben wollen, auch die v.l. ἐριζήσασθαι sich findet].

ἐριδαίνω

[ἔρις.]

Aor. infin. mid. ἐριδήσασθαι Il. 23.792.

• • 1

    To quarrel, wrangle, dispute, contend Il. 1.574, Il. 2.342: Od. 18.403.

    To contend, maintain one’s position: οὐ δυνήσεται ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος Od. 1.79.

  • 2

    Of winds, to contend.

    With dat.: εὖρός τε νότος τʼ ἀλλήλοιιν Il. 16.765.

  • 3

    To compete or contend with a person.

    In mid.: ἀργαλέον ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι Ἀχαιοῖς (for the Achaeans to contend (sc. with Odysseus) in the race) Il. 23.792.

    To be rivals, vie with one another Od. 2.206.

    To engage in rivalry or competition Od. 21.310.

ἐριδαίνω (ἔρις), mid. aor. 1 inf. ἐρῑδήσασθαι: contend, dispute, strive, vie with; τινί, ἀντία τινός, Od. 1.79; ἕνεκα, περί τινος, Od. 2.206, Od. 18.403; abs., ποσσίν, ‘in running,’ Il. 23.792; fig., of winds, Il. 16.765.

ἐριδαίνω ἐρίζω

• to wrangle, quarrel, dispute, Hom.; c. dat., ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιϊν Il.; and in Mid., ποσσὶν ἐριδδήσασθαι Ἀχαιοῖς to contend with them in the foot-race, Il.