ἀντιάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic [Term?], derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí; equivalent to ἀντίος (antíos) or ἀντί (antí) +‎ -άω (-áō). Compare Old Armenian անցանեմ (ancʻanem).^[1]

Verb

ἀντιάω • (antiáō)

to approach
to prepare
to partake
to share
to go
to come to meet

Usage notes

In the present, Homer uses ἀντιόω (antióō). The sense of “to share” occurs in Iliad 1.31, in the euphemistic ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσαν (emòn lékhos antióōsan), literally “meeting me in bed”.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀντί (> DER > ἀντιάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀντί (> DER > ἀντιάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109

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