A.eager for strife or battle, Sch.E.IA588.
2. involving a contest (or perh. debate), “παιδιαί” Arist.Rh.1371a1.
II. esp.fond of wrangling or arguing, captious, Pl.Ly.211b, etc.; “ὁ ἐ. ἐστί πως οὕτως ἔχων πρὸς τὸν διαλεκτικὸν ὡς ὁ ψευδογράφος πρὸς τὸν γεωμετρικόν” Arist.SE171b35 ; “οἱ Ἀκαδημιακοὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐριστικώτεροι” Luc.Pisc. 43 : Sup. “-ώτατος” D.L.2.134 ; Ἐριστικοί, οἱ, nickname of the Megarian school, ib.106 ; “ἡ -κή τέχνη” sophistry, Pl.Sph.231e, al.; τὸ -κόν, defined as τὸ ἔντεχνον καὶ περὶ δικαίων..καὶ ἀδίκων ἀμφισβητοῦν ib.225c ; “τὰ ἐ.” Arist.Rh.1402a3 ; ἐ. συλλογισμός, λόγος, sophism, fallacy, Id.Top.100b23, Metaph.1012a19 (pl.); τέχνη ἐριστικῶν, a work of Protagoras, D.L.9.55. Adv. “-κῶς” Pl.R.454b, Arist. Ph.186a6.