ἀντίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *antíos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.os/ → /anˈti.os/ → /anˈdi.os/

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

Adjective

ἀντίος • (antíos) m (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

First and second declension of ἀντῐ́ος; ἀντῐ́ᾱ; ἀντῐ́ον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀντῐ́ος antĭ́os	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antĭ́ā	ἀντῐ́ον antĭ́on		ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antĭ́ā	ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō		ἀντῐ́οι antĭ́oi	ἀντῐ́αι antĭ́ai	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antĭ́ă
Genitive		ἀντῐ́ου antĭ́ou	ἀντῐ́ᾱς antĭ́ās	ἀντῐ́ου antĭ́ou		ἀντῐ́οιν antĭ́oin	ἀντῐ́αιν antĭ́ain	ἀντῐ́οιν antĭ́oin		ἀντῐ́ων antĭ́ōn	ἀντῐ́ων antĭ́ōn	ἀντῐ́ων antĭ́ōn
Dative		ἀντῐ́ῳ antĭ́ōi	ἀντῐ́ᾳ antĭ́āi	ἀντῐ́ῳ antĭ́ōi		ἀντῐ́οιν antĭ́oin	ἀντῐ́αιν antĭ́ain	ἀντῐ́οιν antĭ́oin		ἀντῐ́οις antĭ́ois	ἀντῐ́αις antĭ́ais	ἀντῐ́οις antĭ́ois
Accusative		ἀντῐ́ον antĭ́on	ἀντῐ́ᾱν antĭ́ān	ἀντῐ́ον antĭ́on		ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antĭ́ā	ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō		ἀντῐ́ους antĭ́ous	ἀντῐ́ᾱς antĭ́ās	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antĭ́ă
Vocative		ἀντῐ́ε antĭ́e	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antĭ́ā	ἀντῐ́ον antĭ́on		ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō	ἀντῐ́ᾱ antĭ́ā	ἀντῐ́ω antĭ́ō		ἀντῐ́οι antĭ́oi	ἀντῐ́αι antĭ́ai	ἀντῐ́ᾰ antĭ́ă
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀντία (antía)
• ἀντιάζω (antiázō)
• ἀντιάω (antiáō)
• ἀντίον (antíon)
• ἐναντίος (enantíos)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confronting idem, page 159.
  • contrary idem, page 169.
  • face idem, page 299.
  • facing idem, page 300.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • fronting idem, page 347.
  • opposite idem, page 576.