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

  • δι’ εὐωνύμων τετυμμένοι, τετυμμένοι δῆθ’, ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε πλευρωμάτων αἰαῖ δαιμόνιοι, αἰαῖ δ’ ἀντιφόνων θανάτων ἀραί. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 21)

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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