Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄντα

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄντα

Etym.: a)nti/

Sense

  1. over against, face to face, man to man, before one, to look at, straight at them
  2. over against, before, before
  3. against

Examples

  • γλαυκιόων δ’ ὄσσοισ δεινὸν πλευράσ τε καὶ ὤμουσ οὐρῇ μαστιόων ποσσὶν γλάφει, οὐδέ τισ αὐτὸν ἔτλη ἐσ ἄντα ἰδὼν σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν οὐδὲ μάχεσθαι· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 39:3)
  • εἴσατο δ’ ἄντα ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν ἠδ’ οὐάσι ὄσσαν ἀκοῦσαι αὔτωσ, ὡσ εἰ Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸσ εὐρὺσ ὕπερθε πίλνατο· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:8)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ Ἐπικουρείῳ συμποσίῳ κολάκων ἐστὶν ἄγυρισ ἀλλήλουσ ἐπαινούντων, τὸ δὲ Πλάτωνοσ πλῆρέσ ἐστιν μυκτηριστῶν ἀλλήλουσ τωθαζόντων τὸν γὰρ περὶ Ἀλκιβιάδου λόγον σιωπῶ, παρὰ δ’ Ὁμήρῳ συγκεκρότηται τὰ σώφρονα συμπόσια, καὶ ποτε μὲν ἐπῄνεσέ τισ φήσασ πρὸσ τὸν Μενέλαον ὡσ οὐ τολμᾷ λέγειν ἄντα σέθεν, τοῦ νῶι θεοῦ ὣσ τερπόμεθ’ αὐδῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 121)
  • καὶ οἳ δ’ ἐκ Δουλιχίοιο Ἐχινάων θ’ ἱεράων νήσων, αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλὸσ, Ἤλιδοσ ἄντα. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 10 12:2)
  • ἡ δὲ Φαληρικὴ ἦλθ’ ἀφύη, Τρίτωνοσ ἑταίρη, ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη ῥυπαρὰ κρήδεμνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. over against

  2. over against

  3. against

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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