ἀντιτάσσεσθαι
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀντιτάσσω): meet, be matched against, be pitted against, encounter in battle, meet in battle, oppose in battle, set one thing in the balance against another
Lexicon Thucydideum
MED. opponere, to oppose, 2.87.5, 3.56.5,
ex adverso aciem instruere, to draw up the line opposite, 3.97.1, 4.32.3, 4.55.1, 6.102.1,
PASS. (perf. perfect) oppositos, ex adverso instructos esse, to be stationed opposite, be drawn up facing, 5.55.1, 7.25.8,
Transl. translate 3.83.1,
vires oppositae, forces arranged opposite, 5.111.2.
