A.“ἠρίδαινον” Babr.68.3 : Ep. aor. I “ἐρίδηνα” A.R.1.89 : —Med., Q.S.5.105 : Ep. aor. I inf. “ἐρι_δήσασθαι” Il.23.792 (with vv. ll., dub.) ; elsewh. Hom. uses only pres. : (ἐρίζω):—wrangle, quarrel, “μετ᾽ ἀνδράσι” Od.21.310; “αὔτως γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐπέεσσ᾽ ἐριδαίνομεν” Il.2.342 ; “νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐ.” Od.18.403 ; “εἰ δὴ σφὼ ἕνεκα θνητῶν ἐ.” Il.1.574 ; εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. we strive (as for a prize) for her excellence, Od.2.206 : c. dat., “Εὖρός τε Νότος τ᾽ ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν.. πελεμιζέμεν” Il.16.765, cf. A.R.1.89 ; also “ἀντία πάντων.. ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος” Od.1.79 ; τι in a thing, Call.Dian.262 ; of war, first in A.R.2.986, etc.:—Med., ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι compete in the foot-race, Il.23.792.—Ep. word : also c. acc., τεθυμωμένον ἄνδρα μὴ ἐριδαίνειν (fort. -δμαίνειν) Demetr.Byz. ap.Ath.10.452d ; Luc.Pisc.6 may be a reminiscence of A.R.1.89.
ἐρι^δ-αίνω , impf.