philoneikos describes a person presented as inclined toward dispute in a warning against such contention.

The sole attested use characterizes someone as inclined toward dispute, set in contrast to the custom held by the speaker and the assemblies in 1 Corinthians 11:16.

1. Inclined toward dispute · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 11:16, the nominative singular masculine adjective describes “anyone” who seems so disposed, before the clause contrasts that stance with the custom of the speaker and the assemblies. The APB renders the clause “if anyone seems to be dispute-loving.”

   1 Corinthians 11:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 11:16, the APB presents the person as “dispute-loving”; This rendering is read in light of the whole conditional clause.