ἀντί
anti
over against
Appears 153 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀντί, Prep. governing gen.:—orig. sense, A. over against. (Cf. Skt. ánti ‘opposite’, ‘facing’, Lat. ante, etc.) A. USAGE: I. of Place, opposite, over against, formerly quoted from several places of , as Il. 21.481 ἀντίʼ ἐμεῖο (where now ἀντίʼ ἐμεῖο, i.e. ἀντία) Τρώων ἄνθʼ ἑκατόν (i.e. ἄντα) 8.233; so ἄντʼ Αἴαντος (i.e. ἄντα) 15.415, cf. Od. 4.115, Op. 727; but ἀντί is so used in An. 4.7.6, IG 2.835c-l68; αἱ ὀπαὶ αἱ γιγνόμεναι ἀ. τόρμων mortises facing tenons, Bel. 97.5; ἀντὶ μαιτύρων in the presence of witnesses, Leg.Gort. 1.40; ἀντὶ τῆς ὄψεως ἡμῶν Ars 18. II. of Time, ἀντὶ νυκτός the same night, SIG 1025.43 (Cos); ἀντὶ ϝέτεος GDI 2561 A 45 (Delph.); ἀντʼ ἐνιαυτοῦ IG 5(2).266.8 (Mantinea, i B.C.); ἀνθʼ ἡμέρας· διʼ ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας, ; cf. ἀντετοῦς. III. instead, in the place of, Ἕκτορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι Il. 24.254; ἀντὶ γάμοιο τάφον Od. 20.307; so later πολέμιος ἀντὶ φίλου καταστῆναι 1.87; ἀντὶ ἡμέρης νὺξ ἐγένετο 7.37; ἀντὶ φωτῶν σποδός Ag. 434; τὸν πόλεμον ἀντʼ εἰρήνης μεταλαμβάνειν 1.120, cf. 4.20, 7.75; βασιλεύειν ἀντί τινος An. 1.1.4; also ἀντὶ ἄρχεσθαι ὑπʼ ἄλλων ἄρχειν ἁπάντων 1.210, cf.6.32, 7.170 (where the usual constr. would be ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι, cf. 7.28, Cyr. 6.2.19, etc.); ὀργίλοι ἀντὶ θυμοειδοῦς γεγένηνται R. 411c: sts. used elliptically, ἦ ʼτολμήσατʼ ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ δοῦναί τινι; i.e. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐμοὶ δοῦναι, Ph. 369, cf. OC 448, Av. 58. 2. in often to denote equivalence, ἀντί νυ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστιν ἀνήρ he is as good as many men, Il. 9.116; ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου ξεῖνος . . τέτυκται a guest is as much as a brother, Od. 8.546; ἀντί τοί εἰμʼ ἱκέταο I am as a suppliant, Il. 21.75, cf. 8.163; so later τοῦτό σφι ἀντὶ λουτροῦ ἐστί serves as a bath, 4.75; ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον to be as hostages for . ., 2.5; δουλεύειν ἀντὶ ἀργυρωνήτων just like bought slaves, 17.3; ἀντὶ [πλεύμονος] βράγχια PA 669a4. 3. to denote exchange, at the price of, in return for, σοὶ δὲ θεοὶ τῶνδʼ ἀντὶ χάριν . . δοῖεν Il. 23.650; νῆσον ἀντὶ χρημάτων παρέλαβον for money paid, 3.59; ἀντʼ ἀργυρίου ἀλλάξασθαι R. 371d; ἀμείβειν τι ἀντί τινος P. 4.17, cf. Or. 646,651; ἀντὶ ποίας εὐεργεσίας; 6.40, etc.; τί δʼ ἐστὶν ἀνθʼ οὗ . .; Ant. 237; ὄνειδος ἀνθʼ ὅτου OC 967; δοίην ἀντʼ ἀνιῶν ἀνίας grief for grief, 344; ἀντʼ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις Supp. 966:—hence ἀνθʼ ὧν wherefore, Pr. 31, OT 264, 6.83, Ev.Luc. 12.3; ἀντὶ τούτου therefore, 5.31; but ἀνθʼ ὧν also for ἀντὶ τούτων ὄτι . ., because, Ant. 1068, Pl. 434; ἀντὶ τοῦ; wherefore? why? OT 1021; also ἀνθʼ ὧν ὅτι ἦτε . . instead of being as you were . ., De. 28.62. 4. for the sake of, Mx. 237a, EN 1110a21; with Verbs of entreaty, like πρός c. gen., ἀντὶ παίδων ἱκετεύομέν σε OC 1326. 5. to mark comparison, ἓν ἀνθʼ ἑνός one set against the other, compared with it, R. 331b, Lg. 705b; χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος, i.e. ever-increasing grace, Ev.Jo. 1.16; in preference to, ἀφνεὸν βούλεται ἀντʼ ἀγαθοῦ 188; ἀντὶ αὐλοῦ καὶ ἀντὶ κιθάρας ὁ ἦχος ἀκούεται Eloc. 71; αἱρεῖσθαί τι ἀντί τινος 9.3, 1.1, cf. Lac. 9.1: even after Comparatives, πλέον ἀντὶ σοῦ Tr. 577; μείζονʼ ὅστις ἀντὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ πάτρας φίλον νομίζει Ant. 182; so (esp. after a neg.) ἄλλος ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ Pr. 467, Aj. 444, Nu. 653; δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ἠγαπηκώς Alex. 42. B. POSITION: ἀντί rarely follows its case, as in Il. 23.650, Ag. 1277, Ig 5(1).1119 (Geronthrae, iv B.C.), AP 7.715 (); but the Gramm. hold that it never suffers anastrophe. C. IN COMPOS. it signifies, 1. over against, opposite, as ἀντιβαίνω, ἀντίπορος. 2. against, in opposition to, as ἀντιλέγω, ἀντίβιος. 3. one against another, mutually, as ἀντιδεξιόομαι. 4. in return, as ἀντιβοηθέω. 5. instead of, as ἀντιβασιλεύς, ἀνθύπατος. 6. equal to, like, as ἀντίθεος, ἀντίπαις, ἀντίδουλος. 7. corresponding, counter, as ἀντίφορτος, ἀντίτυπος.
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