καταντικρύ: Difference between revisions

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