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ἀντιπρόσωπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντιπρόσωπος ἀντιπρόσωπη ἀντιπρόσωπον

Structure: ἀντιπροσωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pro/swpon

Sense

  1. with the face towards, facing, face to face

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πεντήκοντα ἀγκύλασ ποιήσεισ τῇ αὐλαίᾳ τῇ μιᾷ, καὶ πεντήκοντα ἀγκύλασ ποιήσεισ ἐκ τοῦ μέρουσ τῆσ αὐλαίασ κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῆσ δευτέρασ, ἀντιπρόσωποι ἀντιπίπτουσαι ἀλλήλαισ εἰσ ἑκάστην. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:5)
  • καὶ εἶδεν Ἰωὰβ ὅτι γεγόνασιν ἀντιπρόσωποι τοῦ πολεμεῖν πρὸσ αὐτὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον καὶ ἐξόπισθεν, καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἐκ παντὸσ νεανίου ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐναντίον τοῦ Σύρου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 19:10)
  • διαγεγραμμέναι ὃν τρόπον αἱ πύλαι τῆσ αὐλῆσ τῆσ ἐσωτέρασ καὶ ὃν τρόπον τὰ περίστυλα τῆσ αὐλῆσ τῆσ ἐξωτέρασ, ἐστιχισμέναι ἀντιπρόσωποι στοαὶ τρισσαί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 42:3)
  • ὅτι τὸ μῆκοσ τῶν ἐξεδρῶν τῶν βλεπουσῶν εἰσ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἐξωτέραν ἦν πηχῶν πεντήκοντα, καὶ αὐταί εἰσιν αἱ ἀντιπρόσωποι ταύταισ. τὸ πᾶν πηχῶν ἑκατόν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 42:8)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὴ ἀντιπρόσωποι μὲν μαχόμενοι οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἰσχόλαον ἐπεκράτουν· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 5 34:4)

Synonyms

  1. with the face towards

Related

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

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