ἀντιτάσσεσθαι
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀντιτάσσω): meet, be matched against, be pitted against, encounter in battle, meet in battle, oppose in battle, set one thing in the balance against another