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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

  • ἐν δὲ τῷ πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἀντιρρόπωσ τοῖσ ἐναντίοισ πράττοντεσ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι πολὺ ἐπικυδέστεροι ἐγένοντο ἐκ τῆσ ἐπ’ Ἀνταλκίδου εἰρήνησ καλουμένησ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 46:1)

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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