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  "headword": "φιλονικέω",
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          "definition": "<i>to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious,</i> mostly in bad sense, φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο <i>out of contentiousness, party spirit,</i> Th. 5.43 ( -νεικ- codd.), cf. Lys. 22.8 ( -νεικ- codd.); φιλονικοῦντας, ἀλλʼ οὐ ζητοῦντας τὸ προκείμενον Pl. Grg. 457d, cf. R. 499e, Lys. 33.4 ( -νεικ- codd.); οἵτινες . . νενικηκότες ἤδη . . οὕτω φιλονικοῦσιν (v.l. -νεικ-) , ὥστε . . X. HG 6.3.16: of the state, φ. παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικές Democr. 252; φ. ἄνευ γνώμης Thrasym. 1.—Constr., abs., v. supr.; φ. περὶ παιδικῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Lys. 3.40 ( -νεικ- codd.); πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl. Lg. 731a; οὐ πρός γε αὐτὸ τοῦτο ( ὃ add. codd. opt.) φιλονικοῦμεν, ὅπως . . Id. Phlb. 14b; φ. περὶ πάντων, περὶ κάλλους, Isoc. 2.25, 10.48; ἀριστείων πέρι Pl. Lg. 935c, cf. D. 5.25: simply c. acc., φ. τὸ ἐμὲ εἶναι τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον <i>to be eager</i> that I should be the answerer, Pl. Prt. 360e; the acc. is mostly a neut. Adj., τὰ χείρω φ. <i>to be so obstinate as to choose</i> the worst, Th. 5.111 ( -νεικ- codd.); μηδὲν φιλονίκει D. 20.144 ( -νεικ- codd.); φ. ὅπως . . X. Mem. 2.3.17: c. inf., φ. ἐπιδεῖξαι Plu. Pomp. 31; ἐφιλονίκησαν (v.l. -νεικ-) αὐτούς is dub. in Arist. Pol. 1306b1.",
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                "quote": "φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο",
                "ref": "Th. 5.43",
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                "quote": "φιλονικοῦντας, ἀλλʼ οὐ ζητοῦντας τὸ προκείμενον",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 457d",
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                "quote": "φ. παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικές",
                "ref": "Democr. 252",
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                "quote": "φ. ἄνευ γνώμης",
                "ref": "Thrasym. 1",
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                "quote": "φ. περὶ παιδικῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους",
                "ref": "Lys. 3.40",
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                "quote": "πρὸς ἀρετήν",
                "ref": "Pl. Lg. 731a",
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                "quote": "ἀριστείων πέρι",
                "ref": "Pl. Lg. 935c",
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                "quote": "μηδὲν φιλονίκει",
                "ref": "D. 20.144",
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                "quote": "φ. ἐπιδεῖξαι",
                "ref": "Plu. Pomp. 31",
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                  "definition": "ἁμιλλώμενοι καὶ φ. X. Cyr. 1.4.15; περὶ καλλίστων φ. Isoc. 4.85; φ. ὅπως . . Id. 5.113.",
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                        "quote": "ἁμιλλώμενοι καὶ φ.",
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                        "quote": "περὶ καλλίστων φ.",
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