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ἐναντίος, α, ον,
opposite, ={ἀντίος} (which is rare in Prose):
__1 of Place, on the opposite side, opposite, c.dative, ἀκταὶ ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλῃσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.89; Πάτροκλος δέ οἱ.. ἐ. ἧστο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.190, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.89 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, fronting, face to face, αὐτῳ οὔ πω φαίνετ᾽ ἐναντίη [[ 6.329; ὄττις ἐ. τοι ἰσδάνει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.2 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; δεῖξον.. τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον δεῦρ᾽ ἐ. πατρί before him, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 947 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰναντία τινί things open to one's sight, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.345: _absolutely_, ἐ. στάνθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1078 (but ἐ. κεῖσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] look opposite ways, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190a). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1.b with Verbs of motion, in the opposite direction, ἔνθα οἱ.. ἐναντίη ἤλυθε μήτηρ came to meet him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.251; ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισιν ὄγμον ἐλαύνωσιν 11.67; δύο ἅμαξαι ἐ. ἀλλήλαις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93; ἄνεμος ἐ. ἔπνει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.3. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1.c Astrology texts, in diametrical aspect, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 70.16, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.360. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 in hostile sense, opposing, facing in fight, with genitive, ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.497, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1284, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.28, etc.: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 856, “IT” 1415 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. one's adversaries, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 375, 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 12 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the enemy, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.64, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2.b generally, opposed to, τινί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. the opposite party, [[ [prev. author] “Ath.” 1.4 ] Refs]; presenting obstacles, hindering, τινί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 642. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c ὁ δι ἐναντίας the opponent in a alawsuit, [[ “PFlor.” 1.58.15 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__3 of qualities, acts, etc., opposite, contrary, reverse, τἀναντί᾽ εἰπεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1373; δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 667: mostly with _genitive_, τὰ ἐ. τούτων] Refs 5th c.BC+] the very reverse of these things, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείξας.. ἄστρων τὴν ἐ. ὁδόν, i.e. τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου ὁδὸν ἐ. οὖσαν τοῖς ἄστροις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861: also with _dative_, Ὀρφεῖ δὲ γλῶσσαν τὴν ἐναντίαν ἔχεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1629 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀναντία πρήσσειν [τῇ ὑγιείῃ] [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234; δύο τὰ -ώτατα εὐβουλίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42; ἀγαθῷ κακὸν -ώτερον ἢ τῷ μὴ ἀγαθῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491d; ἐναντία λέγει αὐτὸς αὑτῷ [prev. author] “Prt.” 339b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 493; τἀναντία τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt” 323d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐναντία γνῶναι ταῖς πλείσταις [πόλεσιν] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.2; τὴν ἐ. τινὶ ψῆφον θέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65; simply τὴν ἐ. θέσθαι τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184d: followed by ἤ, τοὺς ἐ. λόγους ἢ ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.22; τοὐ. δρῶν ἢ προσῆκ᾽ αὐτῷ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 14; τοὐ. ἔπαθεν ἢ τὸ προσδοκώμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966e, compare “R.” 567c, etc.: frequently strengthened, πᾶν τοὐ., πάντα τἀ] Refs 5th c.BC+]., quite the contrary, Lg.[[ 967a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολὺ τοὐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57; τὸ δὲ πολὺ ἐναντίον ἀποβήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b τὰ ἐ. opposites in Philos., [[ 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b3, etc. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__4 in the Philos. of [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τἀναντία (distinct from other ἀντικείμενα, “Metaphorical” 1018a25)] Refs 4th c.BC+] are contraries, especially the two attributes within the same genus which differ most widely from each other (as hot and cold), [[ “Cat.” 6a18, +others ] Refs]
__4.b ἐ. ἀποφάνσεις, προτάσεις, contrary propositions (All [[ B is A, No B is A)] Refs], opposed to contradictory (see. ἀντιφατικῶς), [[ [prev. author] “Int.” 17b4, “APr.” 63b28. ] Refs]
__II frequently in adverb usages:
__II.1 from [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards, _neuter_ ἐναντίον] Refs 8th c.BC+] as adverb, opposite, facing, ἐ. ὧδε κάλεσσον here to my face, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.544 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐ. to look one in the face,[[ 23.107; ἐ. προσβλέπειν τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 968, etc.; γυναῖκας ἀνδρῶν μὴ βλέπειν ἐ. [prev. work] 975: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, like a preposition with genitive, in the presence of, τῆς βουλῆς [[ “IG” 12.91 ] Refs]; τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1002 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτύρων ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 448; ἐ. τοῦ παιδίου [prev. author] “Lys.” 907; ἐ. ἁπάντων λέγειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; ἐ. Διός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.9.2; also _neuter_ _plural_, “IG” 7.1779 (from Thespiae). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.b in hostile sense, against, with genitive, ἀνέσταν.. σφοῦ πατρὸς ἐ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.534; ἐ. ἰέναι τινός 21.574; ἐ. μάχεσθαί τινος 20.97; ἐ. ἵστασ᾽ ἐμεῖο 13.448: _absolutely_, ἐ. μίμνειν] Refs 8th c.BC+] stand one's ground against, [[[prev. work] 106: with _dative_, νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. 20.252; ἐ. θεοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 624; ἐ. τῷ ὅρκῳ πράττειν “IG” 22.1258.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.c contrariwise, in Attic dialect also with the Article, τοὐναντίον on the other hand, τοὐ. δέ.. [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἢ πάλιν τοὐ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 460.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; conversely, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.d neuter plural ἐναντία as adverb, with dative, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with Preps., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. over against, opposite, opposed to ἐκ πλαγίου, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐναντίας, Ionic dialect -ίης, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33 (οἱ ἐξ ἐ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. the opposing parties, probably in [[ “PGrenf.” 2.78.26 (4th c.AD))] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἐκ τῶν ἐ. on the contrary, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.9; ἀπ᾽ ἐναντίας 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.2; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. Χωρεῖν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39a: Geometry texts, αἱ κατ᾽ ἐναντίον τοῦ παραλληλογράμμου πλευραί] Refs 5th c.BC+] the opposite sides of the parallelogram, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.9 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱ κατ᾽ ἐ. τομαί opposite sections (i. e. branches) of the hyperbola, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 3.23. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 regular adverb -ίως contrariwise, with dative, τούτοις οὐκ ἐ. λέγεις [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 642; ἐ. διακεῖσθαί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361c; ἐ. ἀντικεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 17b20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πικρῶς καὶ ἐ. like an enemy, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.339; ἐ. ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἔχειν to be exactly opposed, [[ [prev. author] “Euthd.” 278a ] Refs]; πρός τι to be contrary in respect of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in the Logic of [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Metaphorical” 1057b11, +others, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.268C. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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