ἀντιλογ-ία, ἡ,
contradiction, controversy, ἀ. χρησμῶν πέρι λέγειν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέας.. ἐς ἀ. παρέξομεν will offer ourselves to argue the point, [[ [prev. author] 9.87] Refs]; ἐδόκεον ἀντιλογίης κυρήσειν expected to be allowed to argue it,[[ [prev. work] 88; εἰς -ίαν κατέστησαν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 75.1; -ίας ἅπτεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 454b; ἐς -ίαν τινί γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73; ἀ. καί λοιδορία 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.32] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντιλογίαν ἔχει it is open to contradiction, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1418b25, compare 1414b3] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, opposing arguments, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 775; δι᾽ ἀντιλογιῶν καταλλαγῆναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; ἀ. πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.20; ἐς -ίαν ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντιλογίαν ἐν αὑτῷ ἔχειν to have grounds for defence in itself, [[ [prev. author] 2.87] Refs]; ἄνευ -ίας without dispute, [[ “BGU” 1133.15 (Aug.),etc. ] Refs]
__2 later, quarrel, dispute, [[ PPetr. 2p.56(3rd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 1.38.8 (2nd-1st c.BC), NT.Heb.12.3, etc. ] NT+3rd c.BC+]
__3 right, claim, τοῦ αὐτοῦ λάκκου[[ “POxy.” 1892 (6th c.AD).] Refs 6th c.AD+]