ἐναντίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν (en) +‎ ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (antíos, “opposite, against”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.nan.tí.os/ → /e.nanˈti.os/ → /e.nanˈdi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.nan.tí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈdi.os/

Adjective

ἐνᾰντῐ́ος • (enantíos) m (feminine ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ, neuter ἐνᾰντῐ́ον); first/second declension

1. (of place)
   1. opposite, facing, visible
      1. (with verbs of motion) in the opposite direction
   2. in a hostile sense, opposing, facing in a fight
      1. (generally) opposing
   3. (in Attic and prose) the opposite, contrary, reverse
   4. (in Aristotle's Logic) contrariety

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐνᾰντῐ́ος; ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ; ἐνᾰντῐ́ον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ος enantíos	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enantíā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enantíon		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enantíā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enantíoi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enantíai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enantía
Genitive		ἐνᾰντῐ́ου enantíou	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱς enantíās	ἐνᾰντῐ́ου enantíou		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enantíoin	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν enantíain	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enantíoin		ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enantíōn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enantíōn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enantíōn
Dative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enantíōi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾳ enantíāi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enantíōi		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enantíoin	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν enantíain	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enantíoin		ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enantíois	ἐνᾰντῐ́αις enantíais	ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enantíois
Accusative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enantíon	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱν enantíān	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enantíon		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enantíā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō		ἐνᾰντῐ́ους enantíous	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱς enantíās	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enantía
Vocative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ε enantíe	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enantíā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enantíon		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enantíā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enantíō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enantíoi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enantíai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enantía
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνᾰντῐ́ως enantíōs				ἐνᾰντῐώτερος enantiṓteros				ἐνᾰντῐώτᾰτος enantiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐναντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐναντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐναντίος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐναντίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐναντίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐναντίος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐναντίος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1727 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adversary idem, page 15.
  • adverse idem, page 15.
  • against idem, page 18.
  • antagonist idem, page 32.
  • antagonistic idem, page 32.
  • antithesis idem, page 32.
  • clashing idem, page 135.
  • conflicting idem, page 159.
  • confronting idem, page 159.
  • contradictory idem, page 169.
  • contrary idem, page 169.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • cross idem, page 185.
  • discrepant idem, page 231.
  • enemy idem, page 273.
  • face idem, page 299.
  • facing idem, page 300.
  • foe idem, page 331.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • frontal idem, page 347.
  • fronting idem, page 347.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • hostile idem, page 407.
  • inconsistent idem, page 430.
  • inventress idem, page 457.
  • irreconcilable idem, page 459.
  • jarring idem, page 462.
  • opponent idem, page 576.
  • opposite idem, page 576.
  • perverse idem, page 609.
  • reverse idem, page 710.
  • rival idem, page 718.
  • unfriendly idem, page 919.
  • warring idem, page 964.