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ἀντικρύ

antikry

over against, right opposite

Appears 29 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντικρύ, Adv. A. = ἄντην, over against, right opposite, θεοῖς ἀντικρὺ μάχεσθαι I1.5.130: c. gen., Ἕκτορος ἀντικρύ ib.8.301. II. = ἄντῐκρυς, straight on, right on, ἀντικρὺ δόρυ χάλκεον ἐξεπέρησεν Od. 10.162; ἀντικρὺ μεμαώς I1.13.137: mostly followed by a Prep., ἀντικρὺ δʼ ἀνʼ ὀδόντας 5.74; ἀντικρὺ διʼ ὤμου 4.481, cf. Od. 22.16; ἀντικρὺ κατὰ μέσσον right in the middle, I1.16.285; once in X., ἀντικρὺ διᾴττων Cyr. 7.1.30; cf. καταντῑκρύ. 2. outright, utterly, quite, ἀντικρὺ δʼ ἀπόφημι I1.7.362; ἀντικρὺ δʼ ἀπάραξε 16.116; ἀντικρὺ μακάρεσσιν ἔϊκτο A.R. 4.1612, etc. (Cf. ἄντικρυς sub fin.) [ν_ generally, but ῠ I1.5.130, 819; ῐ by nature (cf. καταντῐκρύ Ar. Ec. 87), ῑ by position in Ep.]
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