ἀνταγωνιστής

See also: ανταγωνιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.ta.ɡɔː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /an.ta.ɣo.nisˈtis/ → /an.da.ɣo.nisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.ta.ɡɔː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.ta.ɡo.nisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.ta.ɣo.nisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.ta.ɣo.nisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.da.ɣo.nisˈtis/

Noun

ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστής • (antagōnistḗs) m (genitive ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστοῦ); first declension

1. rival, opponent, competitor

   Coordinate term: ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστής; τοῦ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστής ho antagōnistḗs	τὼ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστᾱ́ tṑ antagōnistā́	οἱ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐσταί hoi antagōnistaí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστοῦ toû antagōnistoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐσταῖν toîn antagōnistaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστῶν tôn antagōnistôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστῇ tôi antagōnistêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐσταῖν toîn antagōnistaîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐσταῖς toîs antagōnistaîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστήν tòn antagōnistḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστᾱ́ tṑ antagōnistā́	τοὺς ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστᾱ́ς toùs antagōnistā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστᾰ́ antagōnistá	ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐστᾱ́ antagōnistā́	ᾰ̓ντᾰγωνῐσταί antagōnistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: antagoniste (learned)
• Greek: ανταγωνιστής (antagonistís)

See also

• πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs)

Further reading

• “ἀνταγωνιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνταγωνιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνταγωνιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνταγωνιστής 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.
  • adversary idem, page 15.
  • antagonist idem, page 32.
  • combatant idem, page 144.
  • competitor idem, page 151.
  • opponent idem, page 576.
  • rival idem, page 718.