Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀντίφονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντίφονος ἀντίφονη ἀντίφονον

Structure: ἀντιφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in return for slaughter, in revenge for blood
  2. by mutual slaughter

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ ὁ μὲν θανὼν γᾶ τε καὶ οὐδὲν ὢν κείσεται τάλασ, οἱ δὲ μὴ πάλιν δώσουσ’ ἀντιφόνουσ δίκασ, ἔρροι τ’ ἂν αἰδὼσ ἁπάντων τ’ εὐσέβεια θνατῶν. (Sophocles, choral, epode6)
  • μηδὲ πιοῦσα κόνισ μέλαν αἷμα πολιτᾶν δι’ ὀργὰν ποινᾶσ ἀντιφόνουσ ἄτασ ἁρπαλίσαι πόλεωσ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 22)

Synonyms

  1. in return for slaughter

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

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