ἐριστικός
ή, όν, Adv., οἱ
A.
eager for strife or battle, Sch.E. IA 588.
2.
involving a contest (or perh. debate), παιδιαί Arist. Rh. 1371a1.
II.
esp.fond of wrangling or arguing, captious, Pl. Ly. 211b, etc.; ὁ ἐ. ἐστί πως οὕτως ἔχων πρὸς τὸν διαλεκτικὸν ὡς ὁ ψευδογράφος πρὸς τὸν γεωμετρικόν Arist. SE 171b35 ; οἱ Ἀκαδημιακοὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐριστικώτεροι Luc. Pisc. 43 : Sup. ‐ώτατος D.L. 2.134 ; Ἐριστικοί,οἱ, nickname of the Megarian school, ib.106 ; ἡ ‐κή τέχνη sophistry, Pl. Sph. 231e, al.; τὸ ‐κόν, defined as τὸ ἔντεχνον καὶ περὶ δικαίων..καὶ ἀδίκων ἀμφισβητοῦν ib.225c ; τὰ ἐ. Arist. Rh. 1402a3 ; ἐ. συλλογισμός, λόγος, sophism, fallacy, Id. Top. 100b23, Metaph. 1012a19 (pl.); τέχνη ἐριστικῶν, a work of Protagoras, D.L. 9.55. Adv. ‐κῶς Pl. R. 454b, Arist. Ph. 186a6.