ἐρίζω,
Dor. 3 pl. ἐρίζοντι Pi. N. 5.39; inf. ἐριζέμεναι, -έμεν, Il. 1.277, 23.404: impf. ἤριζον D. 9.11, Dor. ἔρισδον Theoc. 6.5, ἔριζον Il. 2.555, Ion. ἐρίζεσκον Od. 8.225, Crates Theb. 1.3: fut. ἐρίσω [Mat 12:19], (δι-) App. BC 5.127 codd., Dor. ἐρίξω Pi. Fr. II: aor. I ἤρῐσα Hes. Th. 928, Lys. 2.42, poet. ἔρισα Pi. I. 8(7).30, ἔριξα Id. Pae. 6.87; opt. ἐρίσσειε Il. 3.223; Dor. part. ἐρίξαντες Tab.Heracl. 2.26: pf. ἤρῐκα Plb. 3.91.7: - Med., impf. ἐρίζετο Hes. Th. 534: aor. subj. ἐρίσσεται Od. 4.80: - Pass., pf. ἐρήρισμαι (in act. sense), v. infr.: (ἔρις): -
1. strive, wrangle, quarrel, διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Il. 1.6, etc.; τὸ δίκαιον οὐκ ἔχει λόγον δυοῖν ἐρίζειν S. El. 467: c. dat., Hes. Th. 928, Pi. Pae. l.c., etc.; ἀλλήλοις Od. 18.277; ἀντιβίην τινί Il. 1.277; ἀντία τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς P 1. P. 4.285; πρὸς θεόν ib.2.88; πρός τινα περί τινος Plu. Tim. 14; ὗς ποτ’ Ἀθαναίαν ἔριν ἤρισε Theoc. 5.23; πρὸς πᾶν τὸ λεγόμενον Hdt. 7.50; περί τινος about a thing, Il. 12.423, al.; περὶ μικρῶν ἀκριβῶς ἐ. Isoc. 2.39: folld. by a relat., ἐ. ὅστις ἀρείων Theoc. 5.67; ὁπότερος γενναιότερος Pl. Ly. 207c: c. inf., contend that.., ἤριζον οἱ πολλοὶ οὐ λυσιτελήσειν τὴν πάροδον D. 9.11: abs., of sophistical disputations, opp. διαλέγεσθαι, ἀμφισβητεῖν, Pl. R. 454a, Prt. 337b, cf. Crates Theb. 1.3; of political discord, c. dat., Foed. ap. Th. 5.79.
2. rival, vie with, challenge, οὐκ ἂν ἔπειτ’ Ὀδυσῆΐ γ’ ἐρίσσειε βροτὸς ἄλλος Il. 3.223; ἐπεί σφισιν οὔ τις ἔριζεν Od. 8.371: c. acc. rei, rival or contend with one in a thing, οὐδ’ εἰ..Ἀφροδίτῃ κάλλος ἐρίζοι Il. 9.389, cf. Od. 5.213, Hes. Sc. 5: c. dat. rei, δρηστοσύνῃ οὐκ ἄν μοι ἐρίσσειε βροτὸς ἄλλος in service, Od. 15.321; ποσί Il. 13.325; γνώμῃ καὶ πλήθει καὶ ἀρετῇ ἐ. τινί Lys. 2.42; ἐρίσσειαν περὶ μύθων Il. 15.284; ἀθανάτοισιν ἐρίζεσκον περὶ τόξων Od. 8.225; τῷ Δῒ πλούτου πέρι Hdt. 5.49: c. inf., ἐρίζετον ἀλλήλοιιν χερσὶ μαχέσσασθαι Od. 18.38; ἶσα δὲ πίνειν οὔτις οἱ ἀνθρώπων ἤρισεν Phalaec. ap. Ath. 10.440e; πρὸς θεούς Pl. R. 395d; Νέστωρ οἶος ἔριζε N. alone rivalled (him), Il. 2.555, cf. X. Cyn. 1.12.
II
1. Med., like Act., ᾧ [τόξῳ] οὔ τίς τοι ἐρίζεται Il. 5.172; μοι ἐρίσσεται..κτήμασιν Od. 4.80; ἐρίζετο βουλὰς Κρονίωνι Hes. Th. 534, cf. Pi. I. 4(3).29: also in pf. Pass., τῷ οὔ τις ἐρήρισται κράτος Hes. Fr. 195.
2. Pass., ταχυτὰς ποδῶν ἐρίζεται there are contests in fleetness of foot, Pi. O. 1.95.