ἀντίτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐτείνω (antiteínō, “to stretch or strain back”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.ta.sis/ → /anˈti.ta.sis/ → /anˈdi.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ta.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς • (antítasis) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. stretching the contrary way, e.g. in the setting of a dislocated limb
2. opposition, resistance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς hē antítasis	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει tṑ antitásei	αἱ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις hai antitáseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως tês antitáseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰσέοιν toîn antitaséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεων tôn antitáseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει têi antitásei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰσέοιν toîn antitaséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs antitásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐν tḕn antítasin	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει tṑ antitásei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις tā̀s antitáseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐ antítasi	ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει antitásei	ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις antitáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀντίτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίτασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)