Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἀντιστοιχίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντιστοιχίᾱ ἀντιστοιχίᾱς

Structure: ἀντιστοιχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. the state or condition of standing opposite in pairs
  2. (of letters, grammar) correspondence of the voiceless unaspirated (π, τ, κ), voiceless aspirated (φ, θ, χ), and voiced (β, δ, γ) stops

Examples

  • καὶ ὀξύτητεσ, οὐ θάτερα τῶν ἑτέρων στέρησισ, οὕτωσ ἐν τοῖσ φυσικοῖσ σώμασιν ἀντιστοιχίαν ὑποληπτέον ὑγρῶν πρὸσ ξηρὰ καὶ ψυχρῶν πρὸσ θερμά, τὸ κατὰ λόγον ἅμα καὶ τὰ φαινόμενα διαφυλάττοντασ· (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 7 3:1)
  • "κατ’ ἀντιστοιχίαν ἐστὶ πιάλη, ἡ τὸ πιεῖν ἅλισ παρέχουσα, μείζων γὰρ τοῦ ποτηρίου, ἡ δὲ ἀμφίθετοσ καὶ ἀπύρωτοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 103 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. the state or condition of standing opposite in pairs

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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