ἀντί: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: prep.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">opposite, over against; instead of</b> (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[atipamo]] \/[[Antiphamos]]\/ etc.<br />Compounds: [[ἔναντι]], [[ἀπέναντι]], [[κατέναντι]] (Dor. Hell.). [[ἀντιάνειρα]] s.v. [[Ἀνάντης]] [[up-hill]], [[steep]] (Hdt.), from a form <b class="b3">-αντες</b>, orig. the gen. of the noun?<br />Derivatives: [[ἀντίος]] [[set against]], [[opposed to]] (Il.; Att. [[ἐναντίος]]). From here [[ἀντιάδες]] f. pl. [[tonsils]] (medic.). Denom. [[ἀντιόομαι]] [[oppose]] (Hdt.). [[ἀντιάω]] (with ep. length. [[ἀντιόω]]).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [46] <b class="b2">*h₂ent-</b> [[front]], [[face]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Skt. <b class="b2">ánti</b> [[over against]], Lat. [[ante]] [[before]], Hitt. <b class="b2">h̯anti</b> [[separate]]. Locative of a noun, preserved in Hitt. <b class="b2">ḫanza</b> (= <b class="b2">ḫant-s</b>) [[front]]. Another case-form of the same noun is [[ἄντα]], s. v.