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ἀντίρροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντίρροπος

Structure: ἀντιρροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from a)ntirre/pw

Sense

  1. counterpoising, compensating for, counterpoising, so as to balance

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνεσ οἱ μισθοφόροι παρὰ Δαρεῖόν τε αὐτὸν ἑκατέρωθεν καὶ τοὺσ ἅμα αὐτῷ Πέρσασ κατὰ τὴν φάλαγγα αὐτὴν τῶν Μακεδόνων ὡσ μόνοι δὴ ἀντίρροποι τῇ φάλαγγι ἐτάχθησαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 11 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. counterpoising

Related

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

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