ἀντί-θεσις, εως, ἡ,
opposition, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 257e, 258b; ἀντίθεσιν ἔχειν πρός τι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]correspond to.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a25] Refs 4th c.BC+]; resistance, [[ Anthologia Graeca 12.200 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 in Logic, opposition of propositions, in plural, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 19b20, “Top.” 113b15, “Metaphorical” 1054a23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b substitution of the contradictory, as 'not-man' for 'man', ἡ σὺν -θέσει ἀντιστροφή, conversion by negation, e.g. 'man is an animal ∴ what is not an animal cannot be a man', [[ Anonymus “in SE” 15.23, +others ] Refs]
__3 Rhet., antithesis, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a22] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in forensic oratory, counter-proposition, [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.4, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 Grammars, change or transposition of a letter,[[ Hdn.Gr. 2.945, Diomedes Grammaticus 1.442K.] Refs]