ἀντίφωνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντί (antí, “in return”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.pʰɔː.nos/ → /anˈti.ɸo.nos/ → /anˈdi.fo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.pʰɔː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.fo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.fo.nos/

Adjective

ἀντίφωνος • (antíphōnos) m or f (neuter ἀντίφωνον); second declension

1. sounding in answer, concordant, as in the octave
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 812D
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 717B
   • Philo 2.485
   1. (with genitive) responsive to
      • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 800
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.412B
2. (neuter substantive) a concord in the octave
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 19.39.1, (Compare 19.16)
   1. (ecclesiastical) antiphon, anthem

Declension

Second declension of ἀντίφωνος; ἀντίφωνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀντίφωνος antíphōnos	ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon		ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō	ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō		ἀντίφωνοι antíphōnoi	ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna
Genitive		ἀντιφώνου antiphṓnou	ἀντιφώνου antiphṓnou		ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin	ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin		ἀντιφώνων antiphṓnōn	ἀντιφώνων antiphṓnōn
Dative		ἀντιφώνῳ antiphṓnōi	ἀντιφώνῳ antiphṓnōi		ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin	ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin		ἀντιφώνοις antiphṓnois	ἀντιφώνοις antiphṓnois
Accusative		ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon	ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon		ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō	ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō		ἀντιφώνους antiphṓnous	ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna
Vocative		ἀντίφωνε antíphōne	ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon		ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō	ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō		ἀντίφωνοι antíphōnoi	ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀντιφώνως antiphṓnōs			ἀντιφωνότερος antiphōnóteros			ἀντιφωνότᾰτος antiphōnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αντίφωνο (antífono)
• → Latin: antiphōna (see there for further descendants)

See also

• Ἀντιφῶν (Antiphôn)
• σύμφωνος (súmphōnos)

Further reading

• “ἀντίφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀντίφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀντίφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίφωνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • responsive idem, page 704.