Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἀντίθετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντίθετος ἀντίθετος ἀντίθετον

Structure: ἀντιθετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. opposing, contrasting

Examples

  • καὶ κατὰ τῶν τριῶν δὲ φίλων ὠργίσθη σφόδρα, διότι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ἀποκριθῆναι ἀντίθετα Ἰὼβ καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν εἶναι ἀσεβῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 32:3)
  • αἵ τε παρομοιώσεισ καὶ παρισώσεισ καὶ τὰ ἀντίθετα καὶ πᾶσ ὁ τῶν τοιούτων σχημάτων κόσμοσ πολύσ ἐστι παρ’ αὐτῷ καὶ λυπεῖ πολλάκισ τὴν ἄλλην κατασκευὴν προσιστάμενοσ ταῖσ ἀκοαῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 2 2:4)
  • οὐκοῦν τὸ γραμμάτων καὶ συνθημάτων πάρισον καὶ τὸ πολλῶν καὶ ὀλίγων καὶ κοινῶν καὶ ἰδίων ἀντίθετα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 2:6)
  • "λέγω δὲ τὰ ἀντίθετα καὶ ὁμοιόπτωτα καὶ παρωνυμίασ. (Plutarch, Comparationis Aristophanis et Menandri compendium, section 1 2:3)
  • κωμῳδεῖν γὰρ ἤθελε καὶ διασύρειν χλευάζει τε τὰ ἰσόκωλα τὰ Ἀγάθωνοσ καὶ τὰ ἀντίθετα, καὶ τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην δὲ παράγει λέγοντα ὅτι πασχητιᾷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 12 2:4)

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