ἀντίτασις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐτείνω (antiteínō, “to stretch or strain back”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς • (antítasis) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. stretching the contrary way, e.g. in the setting of a dislocated limb
  2. opposition, resistance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐς
hē antítasis 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει
tṑ antitásei 		αἱ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις
hai antitáseis
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεως
tês antitáseōs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰσέοιν
toîn antitaséoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεων
tôn antitáseōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει
têi antitásei 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰσέοιν
toîn antitaséoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs antitásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐν
tḕn antítasin 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει
tṑ antitásei 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις
tā̀s antitáseis
Vocative ᾰ̓ντῐ́τᾰσῐ
antítasi 		ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σει
antitásei 		ᾰ̓ντῐτᾰ́σεις
antitáseis
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