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ἄν belongs must be supplied, in Hom. only εἰμί, as τάτʼ ἔλδεται ὅς κʼ ἐπιδευής (sc. ᾖ) Il. 5.481; ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἂν πρὸ τοῦ (sc. ἔρρεγκον) Ar. Nu. 5; τί δʼ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. πρᾶξαι) , εἰ τάδʼ ἤνυσεν; A. Ag. 935:—so in phrases like πῶς γὰρ ἄν; and πῶς οὐκ ἄν (sc. εἴη); also in ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ (or ὡσπερανεί), as φοβούμενος ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ παῖς (i. e. ὥσπερ ἂν ἐφοβήθη εἰ παῖς ἦν) Pl. Grg. 479a; so τοσοῦτον ἐφρόνησαν, ὅσον περ ἂν (sc. ἐφρόνησαν) εἰ . . Isoc. 10.48:—so also when κἂν εἰ ( = καὶ ἂν εἰ) has either no Verb in the apod. or one to which ἄν cannot belong, Pl. R. 477a, Men. 72c; cf. κἄν:—so the Verb of a protasis containing ἄν may be understood, ὅποι τις ἂν προσθῇ, κἂν μικρὰν δύναμιν (i. e. καὶ ἐὰν προσθῇ) D. 2.14; ὡς ἐμοῦ οὖν ἰόντος ὅπῃ ἂν καὶ ὑμεῖς (sc. ἴητε) X. An. 1.3.6.
to be fond of victory, engage in rivalry, be contentious, mostly in bad sense, φρονήματι φιλονικῶν ἠναντιοῦτο out of contentiousness, party spirit, 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 to be eager that I should be the answerer, Pl. Prt. 360e; the acc. is mostly a neut. Adj., τὰ χείρω φ. to be so obstinate as to choose 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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X. Eq. 9.8 ( Sup.): of persons, φ. πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐλλείπεσθαι Id. Mem. 2.6.5, cf. Plu. Ages. 2 ( Sup.); τὸ φ., = φιλονικία, ἔσῳζον τὸ φ. ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς X. Cyr. 7.5.64. Adv. -κως in eager rivalry, παραθεῖν Id. Cyn. 6.16; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id. Cyr. 3.3.57, 8.4.4; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ εἰδέναι Pl. Grg. 505e; opp. ἀνθρωπίνως, D. Ep. 3.41. (In codd. the forms φιλόνικος, -νικέω, -νικία and φιλόνεικος, -νεικέω, -νεικία occur, without any distn. of meaning, e.g. in Isoc. we find περὶ τῶν καλλίστων ἐφιλονίκησαν 4.85, but τὰς θεὰς περὶ τοῦ κάλλους φιλονεικούσας 10.48; μὴ δύσερις ὢν . . , μηδὲ πρὸς πάντας φιλόνικος 1.31; τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλονικίας 4.19, but φιλονεικία in the same sense, 12.158; φιλόνῑκος is implied by Arist. Rh. 1389a12 (where -νεικ-, though found in good codd., as also in 1363b1, 1368b21, 1370b33, Phgn. 809b35, must be f.l.), καὶ φιλότιμοι μέν εἰσι [οἱ νέοι], μᾶλλον δὲ φιλόνικοι· ὑπεροχῆς γὰρ ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης· ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑπεροχή τις, cf. Poll. 1.178, AB 315; the compd. of φιλο- and νεῖκος would be *φιλονεικής; the sense contentious arises naturally from fond of victory; in SIG 685 (v. φιλονικία sub fin.) we have φιλονικίαν ll. 12, 36, and φιλονικίᾳ in OGI 335.7 (Pergam., decree of Pitane, ii B. C.); -νῑκ- is also found in late documents, as POxy. 157.1 (vi A. D.).)