ἀντιφέρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[set against]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Erx.</span>395b</span>; ἀ. πόλεμον ἐπί τινι <span class="title">AP</span>7.438 (Damag.): used by Hom. only in Med. or Pass., [[set oneself against]], [[fight against]] another, ἀντεφέροντο μάχη <span class="bibl">Il.5.701</span>; <b class="b3">ἀργαλέος γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι</b> hard [[to oppose]], <span class="bibl">1.589</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.16.238</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">μένος ἀ. τινί</b> [[match oneself with]] another in strength, <span class="bibl">Il.21.482</span>; τίς Ὁμηρείοις ἀντιφέροιτο λόγοις; <span class="title">AP</span>9.625 (Maced.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be borne in a contrary direction to]], τῷ οὐρανῷ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>291b2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>215a30</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ παντὶ τὴν φοράν</b> Theo Sm.<span class="bibl">p.134</span> H.</span>