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ἀντίπαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντίπαλος

Structure: ἀντιπαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pa/lh

Sense

  1. wrestling against, struggling against, antagonistic, rival, rivalling, a match for, an antagonist, rival, adversary, the rival party
  2. nearly balanced, equally large, equal on both sides, mutual, corresponding to, the equal balance, undecided state
  3. him who fights, champion

Examples

  • τελευτῶν δ’ οὐ τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὰσ πράξεισ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ ἐπαινεῖ τοὺσ εἰρημένουσ ὑφ’ αὑτοὺ καὶ γεγραμμένουσ, ὥσπερ Ἰσοκράτει καὶ Ἀναξιμένει τοῖσ σοφισταῖσ διαμειρακιευόμενοσ, οὐ τὸν Ῥωμαίων δῆμον ἄγειν ἀξιῶν καὶ ὀρθοῦν, βριθύν, ὁπλιτοπάλαν, δάϊον ἀντιπάλοισ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 2 2:1)
  • ὅμωσ δὲ πόλιν μεγάλην οἰκοῦντασ καὶ ἐν ἤθεσιν ἀντιπάλοισ αὐτῇ τεθραμμένουσ χρεὼν καὶ τὰσ συμφορὰσ ἐθέλειν ὑφίστασθαι καὶ τὴν ἀξίωσιν μὴ ἀφανίζειν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 47 2:4)
  • τοιοῦτοσ ὁ τῆσ Ἀρετῆσ χορὸσ πρόσεισιν ἐπὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν, βριθὺσ ὁπλιτοπάλασ δάιοσ ἀντιπάλοισ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 3 2:2)
  • τοιοῦτοσ ὁ τῆσ Ἀρετῆσ χορὸσ πρόσεισιν ἐπὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν, βριθὺσ ὁπλιτοπάλασ δάιοσ ἀντιπάλοισ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 3 6:1)
  • ἀλλ’ Ἀλέξανδροσ εἰδὼσ τίνων δεῖ θεατὴν εἶναι καὶ ἀκροατὴν καὶ τίνων ἀγωνιστὴν καὶ αὐτουργόν, ἤσκει μὲν ἀεὶ διὰ τῶν ὅπλων δεινὸσ εἶναι καὶ κατὰ τὸν Αἰσχύλον βριθὺσ ὁπλιτοπάλασ, δάιοσ ἀντιπάλοισ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 21)

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

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