(< δῆρις) contend, περὶ νεκροῦ δηριάασθαι (v.l. δηρίσασθαι) Il. 17.734; ὥστ’ ἀμφ’ οὕροισι δὔ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον wrangle about boundaries, 12.421; abs., ὅ τ’ ἄριστοι… δηριόωντο Od. 8.78; οἱ δ’ αὐτοὶ δηριαάσθων Il. 21.467; δ. τινί contend with one, A.R. 4.1729. — Later Act. δηριάω, contest a prize, Pi. N. 11.26; δίφροι δηριόωντες A.R. 1.752, cf. Opp. C. 1.230. — From δηρίομαι (used by Pi. O. 13.44) Hom. has aor.1 Med. δηρίσαντο Od. 8.76; 3 dual aor.1 Pass. δηρινθήτην (as if from δηρίνομαι) Il. 16.756 (later δηρινθῆναι A.R. 2.16, -θέντες Euph. 98.3); fut. δηρίσομαι Theoc. 22.70; also in aor. Act., δηρισάντοιν Thgn. 995; οὐκ ἅν τοί τις ἐδήρισεν περὶ τιμῆς Theoc. 25.82, cf. Lyc. 1306. [ι in pres. ; ι in fut. and aor.]