ἀντιφέρω

antiphero

set against

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 1 1
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1589
Book 5 1
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5701
Book 21 1
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21482
Odyssey 1
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Book 16 1
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16238

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντιφέρω, A. set against, Pl. Erx. 395b; ἀ. πόλεμον ἐπί τινι AP 7.438 (Damag.): used by Hom. only in Med. or Pass., set oneself against, fight against another, ἀντεφέροντο μάχη Il. 5.701; ἀργαλέος γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι hard to oppose, 1.589, cf. Od. 16.238: c. acc. cogn., μένος ἀ. τινί match oneself with another in strength, Il. 21.482; τίς Ὁμηρείοις ἀντιφέροιτο λόγοις; AP 9.625 (Maced.). II. Pass., to be borne in a contrary direction to, τῷ οὐρανῷ Arist. Cael. 291b2, cf. Ph. 215a30; τῷ παντὶ τὴν φοράν Theo Sm.p.134 H.

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