ἐναντιόομαι

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Ion.part. ἐναντιεύμενoς Hdt.7.49: impf.

   A ἠναντιούμην Th.1.127, etc.:—Med., fut. -ώσομαι A.Pr.786, Ar.Pax1049, etc.:— Pass., fut. ἐναντιωθήσομαι LXX 4 Ma.5.26, D.H.4.51: aor. ἠναντιώθην And.1.67, Pl.Ap.32b, etc.: pf. ἠναντίωμαι Th.2.40 codd., etc., but in Ar.Av.385 the metre requires ἐνηντίωμαι:—set oneself against, oppose, withstand, τινί And.1.67, cf. Hdt.7.49, Th.1.127, Ar.Av.385, Pax 1049; also ἐ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας Lys.13.17; ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν Id.20.8; τινί τινος Th.1.136, X.An.7.6.5: abs., Th.4.21: c. inf., οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν I will not refuse to speak, A.Pr.786; τοὺς Χορευτὰς ἐναντιούμενος ἡμῖν ἀφεθῆναι τῆς στρατείας D.21.15.    2 contradict, gainsay, E.Alc.152; πρός τι Pl.Cra.39ce, etc.: c.inf., τοῦτο . . μοι ἐ. τὰ πολιτικὰ πράττειν Id.Ap.31 d: with a neg., τίς ἐναντιώσεται μὴ οὐχὶ . . εἶναι; Id.Smp.197a.    3 of the wind, to be adverse, οὐκ ἔστι λῃσταῖς πνεῦμ' ἐναντιούμενον S.Ph.643; of circumstances, Th.8.23; ἄνεμοι ἐ. ἀλλήλοις Hp.Aër.8.    4 τὰ ἐς ἀρετὴν ἐνηντιώμεθα τοῖς πολλοῖς in respect of goodness we are the opposile of most men, Th.2.40; behave in the opposite way, MenoIatr.15.41.    5 Astrol., to be in diametrical aspect, Vett.Val.126.5. (Act. only in doubtful form ἐναντιόωντα Man.4.473.)