ἀντάω
antao
come opposite to, meet face to face, meet with
Appears 111 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀντάω, Ep. impf. ἤντεον Il. 7.423: I. c. dat. pers., come opposite to, meet face to face, meet with, ἥ οἱ ἔπειτʼ ἤντησʼ ib.6.399; ἤντεον ἀλλήλοισιν 7.423; so also in Trag., ἀνέμοις ἀ. Supp. 36; πατρί Tr. 902, etc. II. = ἀντιάω, c. gen., 1. c. gen. pers., meet in battle, εἴ κεν πάντων ἀντήσομεν Od. 16.254, cf. Il. 16.423: also without any hostile sense, σπέρμα μὲν ἄντασʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν by lineage she reached, went up to the Erechtheidae, Ant. 982. 2. c. gen. rei, meet with, take part in, partake in or of, μάχης, δαίτης, Il. 7.158, Od. 3.44; κατάλεξον ὅπως ἤντησας ὀπωπῆς how thou hast gained sight of him, ib.17.44, cf. 3.97; so ἀ. ξεινίων 2.119; ἁλώσιος O. 10(11).42; ἀ. τινὸς ὑπό τινος meet with such and such treatment from another, 1.114; σφῷν . . θεοῖς ἀρῶμαι μή ποτʼ ἀντῆσαι κακῶν OC 1445. III. c. acc., ἤν νιν πομπαῖς ἀντήσῃς IA 150 (s.v.l.).— The simple Verb never in Com. or Att. Prose; but cf. ἀπαντάω.
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