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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

  • ὅπερ δὲ ἐλέγομεν, μεγάλοι μεγάλωσ ἐμετρήσατε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσεμνυνάμενοι τούτῳ θαυμαστὴν ἐποιήσατε, τῷ μηδενὶ τῶν ἄλλων αὐτῆσ μεταδιδόναι, ἀλλὰ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆσ ἄξιον ἐζητήσατε, καὶ τὸ Ῥωμαῖον εἶναι ἐποιήσατε οὐ πόλεωσ, ἀλλὰ γένουσ ὄνομα κοινοῦ τινοσ, καὶ τούτου οὐχ ἑνὸσ τῶν πάντων, ἀλλ’ ἀντιρρόπου πᾶσι τοῖσ λοιποῖσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 18:7)

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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