ἀγωνίζομαι
A. as Dep. "to contend for a prize", esp. in the public games, Hdt.; πρός τινα Plat.; τινί id=Plat., etc.; περί τινος about a thing, Hdt., etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἀγ. στάδιον id=Hdt.; ἀγῶνα περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀγ. Dem.
2. "to fight", Hdt., Thuc.; περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων ἀγ. id=Thuc.; πρός τινα id=Thuc.: c. acc cogn., ἣν [μάχην] ἀγωνίζεσθε Eur.
3. "to contend for the prize on the stage", both of the poet, Hdt., etc., and of the actor, Dem.: generally "to contend for victory", καλῶς ἠγώνισαι Plat.
4. of public speaking, Xen.
II. "to contend against", as law-term, Antipho; c. acc. cogn., ἀγ. δίκην, γραφήν "to fight" a cause to the last, Dem.; ἀγ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν (sc. γραφήν) id=Dem.; ἀγ. ἀγῶνα Andoc., etc.; but ἀγ. φόνον "to fight against" a charge of murder, Eur.
III. generally, "to struggle, to exert oneself", c. inf., Thuc.; c. acc. cogn., ἃ μὲν ἠγωνίσω Dem.
B. as Pass. "to be won by a contest, to be brought to issue", mostly in perf., πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται (ionic for ἠγωνισμένοι εἰσι) Hdt.; τὰ ἠγωνισμένα "the contested points", Eur., etc.; ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμος the law "under debate", Dem.; fut. mid. in pass. sense, ἀγωνιεῖται τὸ πρᾶγμα it "shall be brought to issue", id=Dem.