ἀντίπαλον δέος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.pa.lon dé.os/ → /anˈti.pa.lon ˈðe.os/ → /anˈdi.pa.lon ˈðe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.pa.lon dé.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pa.lon ˈde.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pa.lon ˈðe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pa.lon ˈðe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.pa.lon ˈðe.os/

Phrase

ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον δέος • (antípalon déos)

1. mutual fear between rivals, enemies caused by the balance of their power
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.11.2

Descendants

• → Greek: αντίπαλο δέος (antípalo déos) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἀντίπαλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀντίπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press