ἐναντίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os, “opposite, against”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.nan.tí.os/ → /e.nanˈti.os/ → /e.nanˈdi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.nan.tí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.nanˈdi.os/

Adjective

ἐνᾰντῐ́ος • (enăntĭ́os) m (feminine ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ, neuter ἐνᾰντῐ́ον); first/second declension

1. (of place)
   1. opposite, facing, visible
      1. (with verbs of motion) in the opposite direction
   2. in a hostile sense, opposing, facing in a fight
      1. (generally) opposing
   3. (in Attic and prose) the opposite, contrary, reverse
   4. (in Aristotle's Logic) contrariety

Declension

First and second declension of ἐνᾰντῐ́ος; ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ; ἐνᾰντῐ́ον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ος enăntĭ́os	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enăntĭ́oi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enăntĭ́ai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Genitive		ἐνᾰντῐ́ου enăntĭ́ou	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱς enăntĭ́ās	ἐνᾰντῐ́ου enăntĭ́ou		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enăntĭ́oin	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν enăntĭ́ain	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enăntĭ́oin		ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enăntĭ́ōn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enăntĭ́ōn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enăntĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enăntĭ́ōi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾳ enăntĭ́āi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enăntĭ́ōi		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enăntĭ́oin	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν enăntĭ́ain	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιν enăntĭ́oin		ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enăntĭ́ois	ἐνᾰντῐ́αις enăntĭ́ais	ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enăntĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱν enăntĭ́ān	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́ους enăntĭ́ous	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱς enăntĭ́ās	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Vocative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ε enăntĭ́e	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enăntĭ́oi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enăntĭ́ai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνᾰντῐ́ως enăntĭ́ōs				ἐνᾰντῐώτερος enăntĭṓteros				ἐνᾰντῐώτᾰτος enăntĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ἐνᾰντῐ́ος; ἐνᾰντῐ́η; ἐνᾰντῐ́ον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ος enăntĭ́os	ἐνᾰντῐ́η enăntĭ́ē	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enăntĭ́oi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enăntĭ́ai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Genitive		ἐνᾰντῐ́ου / ἐνᾰντῐοῖο / ἐνᾰντῐ́οιο / ἐνᾰντῐόο / ἐνᾰντῐ́οο enăntĭ́ou / enăntĭoîo / enăntĭ́oio / enăntĭóo / enăntĭ́oo	ἐνᾰντῐ́ης enăntĭ́ēs	ἐνᾰντῐ́ου / ἐνᾰντῐοῖο / ἐνᾰντῐ́οιο / ἐνᾰντῐόο / ἐνᾰντῐ́οο enăntĭ́ou / enăntĭoîo / enăntĭ́oio / enăntĭóo / enăntĭ́oo		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιῐν enăntĭ́oiĭn	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν / ἐνᾰντῐ́αιῐν / ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃῐν enăntĭ́ai(ĭ)n / enăntĭ́ēiĭn	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιῐν enăntĭ́oiĭn		ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enăntĭ́ōn	ἐνᾰντῐᾱ́ων / ἐνᾰντῐέ͜ων / ἐνᾰντῐῶν enăntĭā́ōn / enăntĭé͜ōn / enăntĭôn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ων enăntĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enăntĭ́ōi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃ enăntĭ́ēi	ἐνᾰντῐ́ῳ enăntĭ́ōi		ἐνᾰντῐ́οιῐν enăntĭ́oiĭn	ἐνᾰντῐ́αιν / ἐνᾰντῐ́αιῐν / ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃῐν enăntĭ́ai(ĭ)n / enăntĭ́ēiĭn	ἐνᾰντῐ́οιῐν enăntĭ́oiĭn		ἐνᾰντῐ́οισῐ / ἐνᾰντῐ́οισῐν / ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enăntĭ́oisĭ(n) / enăntĭ́ois	ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃσῐ / ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃσῐν / ἐνᾰντῐ́ῃς / ἐνᾰντῐ́αις enăntĭ́ēisĭ(n) / enăntĭ́ēis / enăntĭ́ais	ἐνᾰντῐ́οισῐ / ἐνᾰντῐ́οισῐν / ἐνᾰντῐ́οις enăntĭ́oisĭ(n) / enăntĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on	ἐνᾰντῐ́ην enăntĭ́ēn	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́ους enăntĭ́ous	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱς enăntĭ́ās	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Vocative		ἐνᾰντῐ́ε enăntĭ́e	ἐνᾰντῐ́η enăntĭ́ē	ἐνᾰντῐ́ον enăntĭ́on		ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾱ enăntĭ́ā	ἐνᾰντῐ́ω enăntĭ́ō		ἐνᾰντῐ́οι enăntĭ́oi	ἐνᾰντῐ́αι enăntĭ́ai	ἐνᾰντῐ́ᾰ enăntĭ́ă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνᾰντῐ́ως enăntĭ́ōs				ἐνᾰντῐώτερος enăntĭṓteros				ἐνᾰντῐώτᾰτος enăntĭṓtătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἐναντιόομαι (enantióomai)

Descendants

• → English: enantio-
• → Italian: enantio-

Further reading

• “ἐναντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐναντίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐναντίος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐναντίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐναντίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐναντίος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἐναντίος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1727 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adversary idem, page 15.
  • adverse idem, page 15.
  • against idem, page 18.
  • antagonist idem, page 32.
  • antagonistic idem, page 32.
  • antithesis idem, page 32.
  • clashing idem, page 135.
  • conflicting idem, page 159.
  • confronting idem, page 159.
  • contradictory idem, page 169.
  • contrary idem, page 169.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • cross idem, page 185.
  • discrepant idem, page 231.
  • enemy idem, page 273.
  • face idem, page 299.
  • facing idem, page 300.
  • foe idem, page 331.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • frontal idem, page 347.
  • fronting idem, page 347.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • hostile idem, page 407.
  • inconsistent idem, page 430.
  • inventress idem, page 457.
  • irreconcilable idem, page 459.
  • jarring idem, page 462.
  • opponent idem, page 576.
  • opposite idem, page 576.
  • perverse idem, page 609.
  • reverse idem, page 710.
  • rival idem, page 718.
  • unfriendly idem, page 919.
  • warring idem, page 964.