A.“-εύσω” A.Pr.95 (anap.), Q.S. 4.113, Nonn.D.37.557:—contend for a prize, abs., “ἀεθλεύειν προκαλίζετο” Il.4.389, cf. 23.274,737, Hes.Th.435; once in Hdt.5.22: contr. ἀθλ-, once in Hom., ἀθλεύων πρὸ ἄνακτος struggling or suffering for him, Il.24.734; once in Pl., “ἐν ἀγῶνι ἀ.” Lg.873e; but Trag. always use ἀθλέω, exc. A. l.c.
ἀθλ-εύω , Ep. and Ion. ἀεθλεύω : fut.