ἄντα

anta

over against, face to face

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book I 1
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639b1
Book XI 1
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937e6
Statesman 2
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286e3
293a6
Hippias Major 1
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294b5
Letters 1
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348d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄντα, Ep. Adv. A. over against, face to face, in Hom. mostly in the phrases, ἄ. μάχεσθαι fight man to man, Il. 19.163; ἄ. ἰδεῖν look before one, ib.13.184, cf.E. Alc. 877 (lyr.); θεοῖς ἄ. ἐῴκει he was like the gods to look at, Il. 24.630; εἴδεται ἄ. πελιδνή Nic. Th. 238; ἄ. τιτύσκεσθαι aim straight at them, Od. 22.266, cf. Pi. N. 6.27; ἄ. πρός τινος Epigr.Gr. 223.4 (Milet.). II. as Prep. with gen., like ἀντί, over against, Ἤλιδος ἄ. Il. 2.626; ἄ. παρειάων σχομένη κρήδεμνα . . before her cheeks, Od. 1.334; ἄντʼ ὀφθαλμοῖϊν 4.115; also of persons, ἄ. σέθεν before thee, to thy face, ib.160, cf. 22.232; so in Il. 21.331, with a notion of comparison, confronted with thee; ἕρπει ἄ. τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδεν rivals it, Alcm. 35. 2. in hostile sense, against, Διὸς ἄ. πολεμίζειν Il. 8.428; Διὸς ἄ . . . ἔγχος ἀεῖραι ib.424; εἴ κέ μευ ἄ. στήης 17.29; Αἴαντος στήμεναι ἄ. ib.166.

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