ἄντῐκρῠς,
adverb straight on, right on, ἄντικρυς ἰὼν παρεκαθέζετο ἐκ δεξιᾶς he came straight up and.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1068, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; also εἰς τὸ ἀ. πορεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 outright, openly, without disguise, ὅπως ἄ. τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 192; ὁ χρησμὸς ἄ. λέγει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 128; εὔχονταί γε πλουτεῖν ἄ. [prev. author] “Pl.” 134; ἄ. ἔφη χρῆναι πλεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.49; ἃ ἠδικοῦντο οὐ δηλοῦντες ἄντικρυς [prev. author] 5.30] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἢ ἄ. δουλείαν downright slavery, [[ [prev. author] 1.122; ἡ ἄ. ἐλευθερία [prev. author] 8.64] Refs]; οὐκ ἄ. not at all, οὐ διοίσοντ᾽ ἄ. τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 384. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 sometimes of Time, straightway, συλλαβόντες ἄγουσιν ἄ. ὡς ἀποκτενοῦντες[[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.78, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 38, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ax” 367a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II later, ={ἀντικρύ}, opposite, ἄ. εῖναι to oppose, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1243a37; ἄ. ἐπιέναι ] Refs 4th c.BC+]against, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.24; καταστῆναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 27; κατακλιθῆναί τινος LXX.3Mac.5.16] LXX+1st c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἄ. πυαλίδι [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” (add.)(from Cragus): with _genitive_, ἄ. Χίου NT.Act.20.15, compare “PTeb.” 395.4(2nd c.AD), etc.—Grammars distinguish ἀντικρύ, ={ἐξ ἐναντίας}, and ἄντικρυς, ={φανερῶς, διαρρήδην},compare “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 408, but ἀντικρύ (which see) has both senses in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (-κρυ(ς)) ] NT+8th c.BC+] probably akin to κέρας, κάρα.)