καταντικρύ

English (LSJ)

Prep. c. gen.,

   A straight down from, καταντῑκρὺ τέγεος πέσε Od.10.559, cf. 11.64.    2 in Att., = Homeric ἀντικρύ, over against, right opposite, πρυτάνεων καταντῐκρύ Ar.Ec.87; τὰ κ. Κυθήρων the parts opposite Cythera, Th.7.26, cf. X.HG4.8.5; κ. ᾗ . . ἐξέπεσεν exactly opposite to the point at which... dub. l. in Pl. Phd.112d: c. dat., κ. τῇ θέσει Arist.Mete.356a10; τῷ ἡλίῳ D.C.60.26.    II Adv. of Place, right opposite, ἡ ἤπειρος ἡ κ. Th.1.136; ἐν τῷ κ. προσστῆναί τινι Pl.Euthd.274c, cf. Prt.315c; τὸ κ. αὐτῶν τοῦ σπηλαίου Id.R.515a; ἐκ τοῦ κ. from the opposite side, ib.b; κ. ὁρᾶν look right in the face, Id.Chrm.169c; ἐπὶ τὸ κ. in the opposite direction, Arist.HA528b10 (but εἰς τὸ κ. towards the opposite end, Pl.Phd. 72b); πρὸς τὸ κ. κείμενος Plb.4.39.6.    b in opposition, to the contrary, κατὰ τὴν κ. ἢ ὡς Γλαύκων λέγει Arist.Po.1461a35.    2 straight forward, Id.HA591b24; opp. πλάγια, Pl.Tht.194b.    3 outright, downright, Th.7.57 (nisi leg. καὶ ἄντικρυς) ; παραβάλλειν . . μὴ κ. Arist.Rh.1419b36. [On the quantity v. ἀντικρύ: the form καταντροκύ is found in Att. Inscrr., IG22.1668.88.]