ἐνᾰγών-ιος (enagonios)

Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k

What it meant

ἐνᾰγών-ιος · enagōn-ios — LSJ

of, for a contest, contending in the games

of or for a contest, contending in the games, παῖς Pi. N. 6.13; freq. in later Prose, αἱ νῖκαι αἱ ἐ. Arist. VV 1250b37; ἐ. κόσμος Duris 70J.; ὄρχησις D.H. 7.72, Luc. Salt. 32.

2 who presided over the games

ἐ. θεοί gods who presided over the games, esp. Hermes, Pi. P. 2.10, Simon. 18.1, A. Fr. 384, cf. Ar. Pl. 1161, IG 2.1181; Ἀφροδίτη ib. 3.189.

II of, in, for battle, in battle

of, in or for battle, πυκνώσεις ἐ. closing of the ranks in battle, Plb. 18.29.2; παρακελευσμός Id. 10.12.5; ἐνέργεια D.S. 20.95; σχῆμα D.H. 6.13; ἀρετή Onos. 1.13 (v.l.).

III suited for forensic oratory, debate, vehement

Rhet., suited for forensic oratory or debate, λόγος, πνεῦμα, λέξις, D.H. Is. 20, Th. 23, Dem. 18, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 193; vehement, κίνησις D.S. 18.67; πάθος Longin. 22.1.

2 energetic, vivid, incisively, vehemently

of style, energetic, vivid, opp. διηγηματικός (as epith. of Il. compared with the Od.), Id. 9.13, cf. Arg. Od. Adv. -ίως incisively, vehemently, Plu. Amat. 2.771a, Longin. 18.2.

In the wild

ἐναγώνιος · enagōnios Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 951)
ἐναγωνίους · enagōnious Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 39)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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