ἄντην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connected to ἀντίον (antíon) and ἀντί (antí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /án.tɛːn/ → /ˈan.tin/ → /ˈan.din/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.tɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.din/

Adverb

ἄντην • (ántēn)

1. opposite
2. in front
3. in view
4. openly

Derived terms

• προσάντης (prosántēs)

Further reading

• “ἄντην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄντην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἄντην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press