ἐριδαίνω

A. ἠρίδαινον Babr. 68.3 : Ep. aor. I ἐρίδηνα A.R. 1.89 : —Med., Q.S. 5.105 : Ep. aor. I inf. ἐριδήσασθαι Il. 23.792 (with vv. ll., dub.) ; elsewh. Hom. uses only pres. : (ἐρίζω):—wrangle, quarrel, μετ’ ἀνδράσι Od. 21.310; αὔτως γάρ ῥ’ ἐπέεσσ’ 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 τ’ 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.