Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀντισήκωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντισήκωσις

Structure: ἀντισηκωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)ntishko/w

Sense

  1. equipoise, compensation

Examples

  • ἀντιτιθέμενα δὲ ταῦτα ἀντισήκωσισ γίνεται, ὥστε ἴσον μιν αἰεὶ φαίνεσθαι ἐόντα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 50 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. equipoise

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

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