ἀντί-θεσις,εως,ἡ,
A. opposition,
Pl. Sph. 257e , 258b ; ἀντίθεσιν ἔχειν πρός τι correspond to . .,
Arist. HA 503a25
;resistance,
AP 12.200 ( Strat. ).
2. in Logic,oppositionof propositions, in pl., Arist. Int. 19b20 , Top. 113b15 , Metaph. 1054a23 .
b. substitution of the contradictory,as 'not-man' for 'man',ἡ σὺν -θέσει ἀντιστροφή,conversionby negation,e.g. 'man is an animal ∴ what is not an animal cannot be a man', Anon. in SE 15.23 , al.
3. Rhet.,antithesis,
Isoc. 12.2 , Arist. Rh. 1410a22 ; in forensic oratory,counter-proposition,
Hermog. Id. 1.4 , al.
4. Gramm.,changeortranspositionof a letter, Hdn.Gr. 2.945 , Diom. 1.442K.