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ἀντιάω

antiao

go for the purpose of meeting

Appears 29 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντιάω, Hom. uses pres. only in the Ep. forms ἀντιόω, inf. ἀντιάαν, 3pl. imper. ἀντιοώντων, part. ἀντιόων, όωσα, όωντες; but ἀντιόω, which is pres. in Il. 1.31, 23.643, serves as fut. in 13.752: fut. ἀντιάσω [ᾰ] Od. 22.28, Thgn.(v.infr.): aor. ἠντίᾰσα Hom. (these two tenses in form belong to ἀντιάζω; but such instances as belong in sense to ἀντιάω are given here):—Med., once in Hom. (v.infr.), A.R. 1.470, 2.24: (ἀντί, ἀντίος):—I. Ep. Verb: go for the purpose of meeting or receiving: 1. c. gen. rei, go in quest of, when an aim or purpose is implied, πολέμοιο μενοίνα ἀντιάαν Il. 13.215; ὄφρα πόνοιο . . ἀντιάσητον 12.3; οὐκέτʼ ἀέθλων ἄλλων ἀντιάσεις Od. 22.28, al.: metaph. of an arrow, hit, ἀλλά κεν ἢ στέρνων ἢ νηδύος ἀντιάσειε Il. 13.290:— often of the gods, come (as it were) to meet an offering, and so, in past tenses, to have received, accepted it, ἀντιόων ταύρων τε καὶ ἀρνειῶν ἑκατόμβης Od. 1.25; ἀρνῶν κνίσης αἰγῶν τε τελείων . . ἀντιάσας Il. 1.67; generally, partake of, enjoy, αἲ γὰρ . . ὀνήσιος ἀντιάσειεν Od. 21.402; so ἔργων ἀντιάσεις χαλεπῶν Thgn. 1308; οὔτε του τάφου ἀντιάσας οὔτε γόων S. El. 869: abs., ἀντιάσαις having obtained [his wishes], Pi. I. 6(5).15:—once in Med., ἀντιάασθε, θεοί, γάμου Il. 24.62. 2. more rarely c. gen. pers., match or measure oneself with, ἡμεῖς δʼ εἰμὲν τοῖοι οἲ ἂν σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν ib.7.231; δήων ἀντιάσειν Thgn. 552. b. rarely, come to aid, οὗ παιδὸς τεθνηότος ἀντιόωσα Od. 24.56. II. c. dat. pers., meet with, encounter, as by chance, μηδʼ ἀντιάσειας ἐκείνῳ ib.18.147; δυστήνων δέ τε παῖδες ἐμῷ μένει ἀντιόωσιν Il. 6.127. 2. c. gen., encounter, ψύχεος Emp. 65. III. abs. in aor. part., ἀλλά τινʼ ὔμμʼ ὀΐω δόμεναι θεὸν ἀντιάσαντα having haply met you, Il. 10.551, cf. Od. 6.193, 13.312, 17.442. IV. c. acc. rei, only in ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσα, euphem. for sharing it, only in Il. 1.31. V. approach as a suppliant, supplicate, like ἀντιάζω I.2, only in later Ep., c. gen. pers., A.R. 1.703: also c. acc. pers., Id. 3.694: c. acc. rei, ib. 717. VI. ἀντιόωσα σελήνη dub. in Orph. Fr. 168.16.
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