Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἀντεῖπον

ἀντεῖπον

anteipon

speak against

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντεῖπον, aor. 2 without any pres. (cf. ἀντερῶ, ἀντιλέγω, ἀνταγορεύω), A. speak against or in answer, gainsay, c. dat., S. OC 999, etc.; ἀ. τινὶ δεομένῳ Th. 1.136: abs., οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω A. Pr. 51; ἀ. πρός τινα or τι, Th. 3.61, X. HG 3.3.3; oppose, Pl. Thg. 131a; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in oneʼs defence, Ar. Th. 545: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἔπος utter a word of contradiction, E. IA 1391; δύο λόγω περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντειπεῖν speak on both sides of a question, Isoc. 10.1; τούτῳ ἂν δίκαιον λόγον ἀντείποιμι Pl. Ap. 28b. 2. κακῶς ἀ. τινά malign him in turn, S. Ant. 1053.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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