ἀντίος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ία, ίον, (ἀντί) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[set against]], and so, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in local sense, [[face to face]], [[opposite]], ἀντίοι ἔσταν ἅπαντες <span class="bibl">Il.1.535</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντίος ἦλθε θέων</b> went [[to meet them]], <span class="bibl">6.54</span>; ἡ δ' οὐκ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατ' ἀντίη [[though she faced him]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.478</span>; esp. in battle, <span class="bibl">Il.11.216</span>, etc.: ἐχώρεον . . οἱ Πέρσαι ἀντίοι <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.62</span>; ἐκ τοῦ ἀντίου προσφέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντίος ἐλαύνειν</b> ibid.; ἐκ τῆς ἀντίης προσπλέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.6</span>; κατ' ἀντίον <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">VC</span>11</span>:—freq. c. gen., which often precedes, Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίος ἐλθών <span class="bibl">Il.11.231</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.301</span>, <span class="bibl">7.98</span>; but also follows, ἀ. ἦλθεν ἄνακτος <span class="bibl">Od.16.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.17.31</span>, etc.: less freq. in Hom. c. dat., ὅς ῥά οἱ ἀ. ἦλθε <span class="bibl">15.584</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.20</span>; but mostly so after Hom., ἀντίαι ἵζοντο τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.79</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>667</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.17</span>, etc.; ἀ. ἐς . . <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>345</span>; = [[διάμετρος]], <span class="bibl">Man.3.339</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[direct]], opp. [[πλάγιος]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.44.23.9</span>, cf. Heliod.ib.<span class="bibl">28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[opposite]], [[contrary]], τὸν ἀ. τοῖσδε λόγον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>499</span>; <b class="b3">τούτοις ἀντία</b> opinions [[opposed to]] these, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>466</span>; <b class="b3">ἁδεῖα μὲν ἀντία δ' οἴσω</b> with pleasure [I speak], though I shall offer [[reproof]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>122</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀντίοι</b>, = [[οἱ ἐναντίοι]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 1.45</span> (so later, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>43.21</span> (ii B.C.)); εἰς τὸ ἀντίον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.12</span>; also <b class="b3">λόγοι ἀντίοι ἢ οὓς ἤκουον</b> words [[the very reverse]] of those I have heard, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adv. in neut. [[ἀντία]] and [[ἀντίον]], [[against]], [[over against]], abs., ἀντίον ἷζεν <span class="bibl">Od.14.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.334</span>, etc.: more freq. like a Prep. c. gen., ἀντἴ ἐμεῖο στήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.21.481</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντία δεσποίνης φάσθαι</b> [[before]] her, <span class="bibl">Od.15.377</span>; so <b class="b3">ἀντία σευ</b> [[in]] thy [[presence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.209</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.133</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντίον τοῦ μεγάρου</b> [[facing]] it, <span class="bibl">Id.5.77</span>; τὰς καμήλους ἔταξε ἀντία τῆς ἵππου <span class="bibl">Id.1.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.160</span>, al.; τἀνδρὸς ἀντίον μολεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>785</span>: so, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[against]], ὅς τις σέθεν ἀντίον εἴπῃ <span class="bibl">Il.1.230</span>; ἀντίον αὐτῶν φωνὴν ἱέναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.2</span>; ἐρίζειν ἀντία τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.285</span>: c. dat., ἰέναι ἀντία τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι ἐς μάχην <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.236</span>; ὕδωρ καπνῷ φέρειν ἀντίον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in the phrase τὸν δ' ἀντίον ηὔδα [[answered]], <span class="bibl">Od.15.48</span>, etc. (more freq. in Od. than Il.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀντία εἶναι</b> [[to be present]], [[help]], of a god, <span class="title">Milet.</span>7p.64 (ii/iii A.D.).—The word is almost confined to Poets and Ion. Prose; in Att. Prose [[ἐναντίος]] is preferred, though X. uses [[ἀντίος]].</span>