antitheton

Latin

Alternative forms

• antithetum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivized neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈti.tʰe.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪt̪ʰɛt̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈti.te.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪iːt̪et̪on]

Noun

antitheton n (genitive antithetī); second declension

1. (rhetoric) antithet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	antitheton	antitheta
genitive	antithetī	antithetōrum
dative	antithetō	antithetīs
accusative	antitheton	antitheta
ablative	antithetō	antithetīs
vocative	antitheton	antitheta

Descendants

• Italian: antiteto

References

• “antitheton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antitheton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.