ἀντίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *antíos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἀντίος • (antíos) m (feminine ἀντίᾱ, neuter ἀντίον); first/second declension

1. opposite, facing
2. going to meet (with genitive or dative of the person to be met)

Declension

First and second declension of ἀντῐ́ος; ἀντῐ́ᾱ; ἀντῐ́ον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀντῐ́ος antíos	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antíā	ἀντῐ́ον antíon		ἀντῐ́ω antíō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antíā	ἀντῐ́ω antíō		ἀντῐ́οι antíoi	ἀντῐ́αι antíai	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antía
Genitive		ἀντῐ́ου antíou	ἀντῐ́ᾱς antíās	ἀντῐ́ου antíou		ἀντῐ́οιν antíoin	ἀντῐ́αιν antíain	ἀντῐ́οιν antíoin		ἀντῐ́ων antíōn	ἀντῐ́ων antíōn	ἀντῐ́ων antíōn
Dative		ἀντῐ́ῳ antíōi	ἀντῐ́ᾳ antíāi	ἀντῐ́ῳ antíōi		ἀντῐ́οιν antíoin	ἀντῐ́αιν antíain	ἀντῐ́οιν antíoin		ἀντῐ́οις antíois	ἀντῐ́αις antíais	ἀντῐ́οις antíois
Accusative		ἀντῐ́ον antíon	ἀντῐ́ᾱν antíān	ἀντῐ́ον antíon		ἀντῐ́ω antíō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antíā	ἀντῐ́ω antíō		ἀντῐ́ους antíous	ἀντῐ́ᾱς antíās	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antía
Vocative		ἀντῐ́ε antíe	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antíā	ἀντῐ́ον antíon		ἀντῐ́ω antíō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antíā	ἀντῐ́ω antíō		ἀντῐ́οι antíoi	ἀντῐ́αι antíai	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antía
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀντία (antía)
• ἀντιάζω (antiázō)
• ἀντιάω (antiáō)
• ἀντίον (antíon)
• ἐναντίος (enantíos)

 

Further reading

• “ἀντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confronting idem, page 159.
  • contrary idem, page 169.
  • face idem, page 299.
  • facing idem, page 300.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • fronting idem, page 347.
  • opposite idem, page 576.