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ἀντίφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντίφωνος ἀντίφωνος ἀντίφωνον

Structure: ἀντιφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. sounding in answer, concordant, as in the octave
  2. (with genitive) responsive to

Examples

  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ περὶ ψαλμοὺσ καὶ φόρμιγγασ ἁρμονία δι’ ἀντιφώνων ἔχει τὸ σύμφωνον, ὀξύτησι καὶ βαρύτησιν ἁμωσγέπωσ ὁμοιότητοσ ἐγγιγνομένησ· (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 8 3:1)
  • "ὡσ δῆλόν ἐστιν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνομάτων εὐθὺσ οἱο͂ν ἐναντίων ὄντων καὶ ἀντιφώνων. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 217)
  • "ταῦτα δ’ ἦν ὥσπερ ἀντίφωνα τῶν γενησομένων · (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 510)
  • οἷσ ἀντίφωνα τὰ τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀκούοντασ αὐτοὺσ τὸ πρῶτον ἔκπληξισ ἴσχει καὶ ταραχὴ καὶ θάμβοσ, οὐ προσιεμένουσ οὐδ’ ὑπομένοντασ, ἂν μὴ καθάπερ ἐκ σκότουσ πολλοῦ μέλλοντεσ ἥλιον ὁρᾶν ἐθισθῶσιν οἱο͂ν ἐν νόθῳ φωτὶ κεκραμένησ μύθοισ ἀληθείασ αὐγὴν ἔχοντι μαλακὴν ἀλύπωσ διαβλέπειν τὰ τοιαῦτα καὶ μὴ φεύγειν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 14 19:1)
  • ὅθεν ὁ μὲν Πλάτων Ὀλυμπίοισ θεοῖσ τὰ δεξιὰ καὶ περιττὰ τὰ δ’ ἀντίφωνα τούτων δαίμοσιν ἀποδίδωσιν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 26 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. responsive to

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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