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Headword: Ἀγωνιούμενοι
Adler number: alpha,333
Translated headword: about to be contenders
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[They] about to enter contests.
"About to be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."[1]
Greek Original:
Ἀγωνιούμενοι: εἰς ἀγῶνας ἐμβαλοῦντες. τοὺς πολεμίους ἀγωνιούμενοι ἀποτράποιντο ἀμαχεί.
Notes:
The headword -- future participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb ἀγωνίζομαι -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable, but evidently from (or connected with) a war narrative. This brings out the point that the verb in question has military as well as athletic overtones.
Keywords: athletics; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 16 March 2001@10:31:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 17 March 2001@05:08:28.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 20 February 2011@09:20:32.
David Whitehead on 6 January 2012@06:46:52.
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