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.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 1366] gerade gegenüber; τινί, Thuc. 7, 57 u. öfter; εἰς τὸ κατ. ἀποχωρήσαντες Plat. Lvs. 207 a, öfter; Σηστὸν κατ. ὄντα Ἀβύδου Xen. Hell. 4, 8, 5; Eubul. Ath. XI, 473 d. – Bei Hom., καταντικρὺ τέγεος πέσεν Od. 10, 559, vgl. 11, 64, entspricht es dem ἄψοῤῥον καταβῆναι, Elpenor vergaß zurück die Treppe hinunter zu gehen, ging geradeaus u. stürzte vom Dach hinab. – Bei D. Cass. 57, 7 u. Aristaen. 2, 5 steht καταντικρύς; vgl. Phryn. 443. [Bei Hom. ist des Verses wegen υ lang.]