ἀντίλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀντῐ́ (antĭ́, “against”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “word”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.lo.ɡos/ → /anˈti.lo.ɣos/ → /anˈdi.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.lo.ɣos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος • (ăntĭ́logos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον); second declension

1. contradictory, reverse
   • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 1142
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1135.28
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Nat. 28
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 8

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος; ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος ăntĭ́logos	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον ăntĭ́logon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογοι ăntĭ́logoi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ ăntĭ́logă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγου ăntĭlógou	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγου ăntĭlógou		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν ăntĭlógoin	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν ăntĭlógoin		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγων ăntĭlógōn	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγων ăntĭlógōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγῳ ăntĭlógōi	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγῳ ăntĭlógōi		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν ăntĭlógoin	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν ăntĭlógoin		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοις ăntĭlógois	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοις ăntĭlógois
Accusative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον ăntĭ́logon	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον ăntĭ́logon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγους ăntĭlógous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ ăntĭ́logă
Vocative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογε ăntĭ́loge	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον ăntĭ́logon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω ăntĭlógō		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογοι ăntĭ́logoi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ ăntĭ́logă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγως ăntĭlógōs			ᾰ̓ντῐλογώτερος ăntĭlogṓteros			ᾰ̓ντῐλογώτᾰτος ăntĭlogṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀντιλέγω (antilégō)
• ἀντιλογία (antilogía)

Descendants

• → English: antilogue
• Greek: αντίλογος (antílogos)

Further reading

• “ἀντίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀντίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀντίλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίλογος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)