ἀντίος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *antíos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (front).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἀντίος (antíosm (feminine ἀντίᾱ, neuter ἀντίον); first/second declension

  1. opposite, facing
  2. going to meet (with genitive or dative of the person to be met)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀντί (> DER > ἀντίος)”, 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

Further reading

  • ἀντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἀντίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.