κατεναντίον
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “against”) + ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enantíos, “opposite”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.te.nan.tí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.te.nanˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.te.nanˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.te.nanˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.te.nanˈdi.on/
Adverb
editκᾰτενᾰντῐ́ον • (katenantíon)
- over against, opposite
- Palatine Anthology 9.132
References
edit- “κατεναντίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κατεναντίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κατεναντίον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κατεναντίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette