ἀντίδωρον

From ἀντι- (anti-, “in exchange; in return; instead of”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) from Proto-Hellenic *dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom; cf. verb ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai, “to donate, exchange, present in return, offer instead”).

ἀντίδωρον • (antídōron) n (genitive ἀντίδωρου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

1. return-gift; a present donated or offered in return or in exchange; compensation, remuneration, recompense, reciprocation

   Synonym: αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)

2. (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism) antidoron; morsel of blessed bread from the remains of the Eucharist offering distributed to members of the congregation in churches that use the Byzantine Rite liturgy

• αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
• ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai)
• ἀντιδωροφορέω (antidōrophoréō)

• Byzantine Greek: αντίδωρον (antídōron)
  • Greek: αντίδωρο (antídoro), ⇒ αντίδερο (antídero)
• → English: antidoron

• “ἀντίδωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίδωρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίδωρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)