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|Definition=<br><span class="bld">A</span> (pres. part. ἀντιτιθοῦντας Ps.-Callisth.1.29), [[set against]] or [[set so as to oppose]], θαλασσαίαισι δίναις ἀντιθέντα μένος στάλας Simon.57 (dub.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[set against so as to balance]], [[contrast]], or [[compare]], τὠυτὸ ἀντιθήσω ἐκείνῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.207, cf. 8.66; δύο γὰρ ἀντίθες δυοῖν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''551: also c. gen., ἀ. τὴν Ἀθηναίων ἐκ πολλοῦ ἐμπειρίαν τῆς σφετέρας ἐξ ὀλίγου μελέτης Th.2.85, cf. 3.56: with a Prep., ἀ. τι πρός τι D.21.175:—Pass., to [[be contrasted]], τινί or <b class="b3">πρός τι</b>, Pl.''Sph.''257d,258e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τινί τινα</b> [[match]] one [[against]] the other in [[battle]], ἴσους ἴσοισι . . ἀντιθείς E.''Ph.'' 750, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''353:—Pass., to [[be matched]] one [[against]] another, of counteracting tendencies, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.50; of [[opposing]] [[motive]]s, Id.8.83.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[retort]], [[rejoin]], ἀντίθες παρρησίᾳ ὅπως . . E.''El.''1049; ἀντιθεῖσ' ἀμείψομαι Id.''Tr.''917; ἀ. ὅτι . . Th.6.18.<br><span class="bld">4</span> intr., [[oppose]], [[resist]], πρὸς τὸν Δία Arr.''Epict.''3.24.24, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[place in return]] or [[deposit in return]], ἀντιθέντας ἐν ναοῖς ἢ χαλκὸν ἢ . . E.''Hipp.''620, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.14.1; <b class="b3">ἀ. τί τινος</b> [[give]] one thing [[for]] another, τήν ἐνθάδ' Αὖλιν ἀντιθεῖσα τῆς ἐκεῖ E. ''IT''358.