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ἀντιάω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic [Term?], derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí; equivalent to ἀντίος (antíos) or ἀντί (antí) +‎ -άω (-áō). Compare Old Armenian անցանեմ (ancʻanem).[1]

Verb

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ἀντιάω (antiáō)

  1. to approach
  2. to prepare
  3. to partake
  4. to share
  5. to go
  6. to come to meet

Usage notes

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In the present, Homer uses ἀντιόω (antióō). The sense of “to share” occurs in Iliad 1.31, in the euphemistic ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσαν (emòn lékhos antióōsan), literally “meeting me in bed”.

References

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