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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[set against]], Th.4.115; especially in battle, πελταστικὴν τῆ τοῦ παγκρατίου μάχῃ Pl.''Lg.''834a; <b class="b3">ἀ. τροπαῖον</b> [[set up]] a trophy [[in opposition]], Th.1.54,105; [[weigh against]], Ar.''Ra.'' 1389; <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὸς τὴν ὁλκήν</b> [[outweigh]] him, LXX.''Si.''8.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[match with]], [[compare]], ἀντιστῆσαι καὶ παραβαλεῖν Plu.''Thes.''1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Hom. uses only Pass., with intr. aor. 2 [[ἀντέστην]]. aor. 1 Pass. ἀντεστάθην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.72: pf. ἀνθέστηκα ''Ep.Rom.''9.19; Att. contr. part. ἀνθεστώς Th.6.70: fut. ἀντιστήσομαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.75, S.''OC''645:—[[stand against]], especially in battle, [[withstand]], Ἥρῃ δ' ἀντέστη.. Ἄρτεμις Il.20.70, cf. 72, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.117 al.; τοὺς ἀνθισταμένους τοῖς ὑμετέροις βουλήμασι D.18.49; πρὸς τὴν ἀνάγκην οὐδ' Ἄρης ἀ. S.''Fr.''256, cf. Th.1.93, X.''Smp.''5.1: rarely c. gen., δέος.. σοὶ φρενῶν ἀνθίσταται [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''703 ([[ἀνθάπτεται]] Wakef.), cf. Q.S.1.520.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[turn out unfavourably]] to one, ἀντιστάντος αὐτῷ τοῦ πράγματος Th.5.4, cf. 38; ἄν τὰ παρ' ὑμῶν τῶν ἀκουόντων ἀντιστῇ D.19.340.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[make a stand]], ἀλλ' ἔτ' ἄρ' ἀνθίσταντο Il.16.305; [[resist]], [[fight on]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.72, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1231, ''Ant.''518.