ἄντ
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
English (Autenrieth)
(cf. ἀντί): adv. and prep., opposite, over against; ἄντα τιτύσκεσθαι, aim ‘straight forward;’ ἄντα ἰδὼν ἠλεύατο χάλκεον ἔγχος, Il. 13.184; ἄντα μάχεσθαι, ‘with the enemy;’ στῆ δ' ἄντα σχομένη, halted and ‘faced’ him, Od. 6.141 ; θεοῖσιν ἄντα ἐῴκει, ‘in visage,’ Il. 24.630 (cf. ἄντην); as prep., w. gen., Ἤλιδος ἄντα, over against, Il. 2.626 ; ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη λιπαρὰ κρήδεμνα, ‘before’ her cheeks, Od. 1.334 ; ἄντα σέθεν, Od. 4.160; and freq. in hostile sense, θεοὶ ἄντα θεῶν ἴσαν, Il. 20.75; Διὸς ἄντα πτολεμίζειν, Il. 8.428, etc.
