fixed so as to strengthen the timbers of the bow.
a[nthsti"
a[nthsti" , ew", hJ , ( ajntavw ) a meeting, Od.
ajnthcevw
ajnt-hcevw , Dor. -a`cevw , f. hvsw , to sound or sing in answer, Eur.
II. of a musical string, to sound responsively, Plut ., Luc.
ajntiv, jANTI v, ajntiv
jANTI v , Prep. c. gen .: —orig. sense over against, opposite.
A.
Usage,
1.
of Place,
instead, in the place of,
Hom
.,
etc.
2.
as good as, equal to,
ajnti; pollw`n law`n ejstivn
he is
as good as
many men, Il.;
ajnti; kasignhvtou
Od.
3.
at the price of, for,
ajnti; crhmavtwn
for
money paid,
Hdt.
,
etc.
4.
for the sake of,
Soph.
5.
to mark comparison,
e}n ajnqÆ eJnov"
one
set against
the other,
compared with
it,
Plat.
: so, after Comparatives,
plevon ajnti; sou`
Soph
.; also
(esp.
after a negative),
a[llo" ajntÆ ejmou`
Aesch.
B.
Position:
ajntiv
rarely follows its case, and then does not suffer anastrophé.
C.
IN
C
OMPOS.
,
1.
over against, opposite,
as
ajntivporo"
.
2.
against, in opposition to, as
ajntilevgw
.
3.
in return,
as
ajntibohqevw
.
4.
instead,
as
ajnthvnwr
.
5.
equal to, like,
as
ajntivqeo"
.
6.
counter,
as
ajntivtupo"
.
ajntiva
ajntiva , as Adv. , v. ajntivo" II .
ajntiavzw
ajntiavzw , impf. hjntivazon , Ion. ajntivazon : f. ajntiavsw , Dor. -avxw : aor. I hjntivasa : ( ajntivo" ):— to meet face to face,
I.
c. acc.
pers.
to encounter,
whether as friend or foe,
Hdt.
,
Aesch.
:
absol.
to meet, answer,
Pind.
2.
to approach as suppliants, to entreat, supplicate,
Hdt
.,
Soph.
II.
c. dat.
pers.
to meet in
fight,
Pind.
ajntiavneira
ajnti-avneira± , hJ , ( ajntiv, ajnhvr ) fem. Adj ., a match for men, of the Amazons, Il.
II. stavsi" ajntiavneira faction wherein man is set against man, Pind.
ajntiavw
ajntiavw , used by Hom. in Ep. forms ajntiovw , inf. ajntiavan , 3 pl. imp. ajntiowvntwn , part. ajntiovwn, ovwsa, ovwnte" :— f. ajntiavsw »a±1/4 ; aor. I hjntiva±sa :— Med. , Ep. 2 pl. ajntiavsqe : ( ajntivo" ):