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ἐφάμιλλος [α^], ον, （ἅμιλλα)
A.a match for, equal to, rivalling, “ἐ. γίγνεσθαί τινι” X.Mem.3.3.12, Isoc.1.12 codd.; “ἀρχὴ ἐ. ταῖς μεγίσταις” Plb. 32.8.3; τὸ ἐ. equality, evenness, Plu.2.153f. Adv. -λως“, ἀγωνίσασθαι” Id.Cleom.39, cf.Aristaenet.1.2.
II. Pass., regarded as an object of rivalry or contention, “ἐφαμίλλου τῆς εἰς τὴν πατρίδα εὐνοίας ἐν κοινῷ πᾶσι κειμένης” D.18.320; “ἐφάμιλλον ποιεῖν τι” Id.20.102; “νίκην ἐ. ποιεῖν” Plu. 2.214d; “ὅπως ἐφάμιλλον ᾖ πᾶσι . . φιλοδοξεῖν” IG22.1227.20, cf. 1292.18.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 320
    • Demosthenes, Against Leptines, 102
    • Isocrates, To Demonicus, 12
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.3.12
    • Polybius, Histories, 32.8.3
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