προσφιλονεικέω

A. vie with another in anything, τισὶ πρός τι Plb. 2.19.6.
2. cling stoutly to, τῇ δόξῃ τῇ αὑτοῦ Arist. Mete. 343b25; persist in, πολέμῳ Charito 5.1.
3. insist, contend, c. inf., Hld. 10.19.
4. abs., J. BJ 5.11.3, Plu. 2.648d.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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