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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[Perseus]]. [[over]] [[against]], [[opposite]]. c. gen.<br />c. gen. orig.:— [[sense]] [[over]] [[against]], [[opposite]].<br />A. Usage,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of [[place]], [[instead]], in the [[place]] of, Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> as [[good]] as, [[equal]] to, ἀντὶ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστίν he is as [[good]] as [[many]] men, Il.; ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> at the [[price]] of, for, ἀντὶ χρημάτων for [[money]] paid, Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> for the [[sake]] of, Soph.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to [[mark]] [[comparison]], ἓν ἀνθ' [[ἑνός]] one set [[against]] the [[other]], compared with it, Plat.: so, [[after]] Comparatives, [[πλέον]] ἀντὶ σοῦ Soph.; also (esp. [[after]] a [[negative]]), [[ἄλλος]] ἀντ' [[ἐμοῦ]] Aesch.<br />B. Position: [[ἀντί]] [[rarely]] follows its [[case]], and then does not [[suffer]] [[anastrophe]].<br />C. IN COMPOS.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[over]] [[against]], [[opposite]], as [[ἀντίπορος]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[against]], in [[opposition]] to, as [[ἀντιλέγω]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[return]], as [[ἀντιβοηθέω]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[instead]], as [[ἀντήνωρ]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> [[equal]] to, like, as [[ἀντίθεος]].<br /><b class="num">6.</b> [[counter]], as [[ἀντίτυπος]].