ἀντίβιος

antibios

opposing force to force

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντίβιος, α, ον, also ος, ον : (βία):—A. opposing force to force: as Adj. in Hom. only in the phrase ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι with wrangling words, Il. 1.304, Od. 18.415, etc.; ἀ. ὅμιλος hostile, Tryph. 624. b. Subst., enemy, Jul. Caes. 319b (anap.), Nonn. D. 2.508, al., Opp. H. 5.114. 2. as Adv., ἀντίβιον, = ἀντιβίην, ἀ. μαχέσασθαι Il. 3.20; Μενελάῳ ἀντίβιον . . πολεμίζειν ib.435; εἰ μὲν ἀντίβιον . . πειρηθείης 11.386.
‹ All lexicon entries