καταντικρύ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Prep. c. gen., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[straight down from]], καταντῑκρὺ τέγεος πέσε <span class="bibl">Od.10.559</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.64</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Att., = Homeric <b class="b3">ἀντικρύ</b>, [[over against]], [[right opposite]], πρυτάνεων καταντῐκρύ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>87</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. Κυθήρων</b> the parts [[opposite]] Cythera, <span class="bibl">Th.7.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.5</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ᾗ… ἐξέπεσεν</b> [[exactly opposite]] to the point at which... dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>112d</span>: c. dat., κ. τῇ θέσει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>356a10</span>; τῷ ἡλίῳ <span class="bibl">D.C.60.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. of Place, [[right opposite]], <b class="b3">ἡ ἤπειρος ἡ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.1.136</span>; ἐν τῷ κ. προσστῆναί τινι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>274c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>315c</span>; τὸ κ. αὐτῶν τοῦ σπηλαίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>515a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ κ</b>. from the [[opposite]] side, ib.b; <b class="b3">κ. ὁρᾶν</b> look [[right in the face]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>169c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ κ</b>. in the [[opposite]] direction, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528b10</span> (but <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ κ</b>. towards the [[opposite]] end, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 72b</span>); πρὸς τὸ κ. κείμενος <span class="bibl">Plb.4.39.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[in opposition]], [[to the contrary]], κατὰ τὴν κ. ἢ ὡς Γλαύκων λέγει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1461a35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[straight forward]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>591b24</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πλάγια</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>194b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[outright]], [[downright]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.57</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">καὶ ἄντικρυς</b>) <b class="b3">; παραβάλλειν… μὴ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1419b36</span>. [On the quantity v. [[ἀντικρύ]]: the form καταντροκύ is found in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.1668.88.]</span>