ἀντίδῐκ-ος, ον,
opponent or adversary in a suit, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.165, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c: _feminine_, ἡ ἀ. “POxy.” 37i8(1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: properly, the defendant, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, the plaintiff, Lys7.13; ἀ. πρός τινα[[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—generally, opponent, adversary, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 41] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀληθινῶν ἀ. [[[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus] 133, cf. NT.1Pet.5.8, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.65W.] NT+1st c.BC+]