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καταντικρύ

katantikry

straight down from

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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καταντικρύ, Prep. c. gen., A. straight down from, καταντῑκρὺ τέγεος πέσε Od. 10.559, cf. 11.64. 2. in Att., = Homeric ἀντικρύ, over against, right opposite, πρυτάνεων καταντῐκρύ Ar. Ec. 87; τὰ κ. Κυθήρων the parts opposite Cythera, Th. 7.26, cf. X. HG 4.8.5; κ. ᾗ . . ἐξέπεσεν exactly opposite to the point at which . . , dub. l. in Pl. Phd. 112d: c. dat., κ. τῇ θέσει Arist. Mete. 356a10; τῷ ἡλίῳ D.C. 60.26. II. Adv. of Place, right opposite, ἡ ἤπειρος ἡ κ. Th. 1.136; ἐν τῷ κ. προσστῆναί τινι Pl. Euthd. 274c, cf. Prt. 315c; τὸ κ. αὐτῶν τοῦ σπηλαίου Id. R. 515a; ἐκ τοῦ κ. from the opposite side, ib.b; κ. ὁρᾶν look right in the face, Id. Chrm. 169c; ἐπὶ τὸ κ. in the opposite direction, Arist. HA 528b10 (but εἰς τὸ κ. towards the opposite end, Pl. Phd. 72b); πρὸς τὸ κ. κείμενος Plb. 4.39.6. b. in opposition, to the contrary, κατὰ τὴν κ. ἢ ὡς Γλαύκων λέγει Arist. Po. 1461a35. 2. straight forward, Id. HA 591b24; opp. πλάγια, Pl. Tht. 194b. 3. outright, downright, Th. 7.57 (nisi leg. καὶ ἄντικρυς) ; παραβάλλειν . . μὴ κ. Arist. Rh. 1419b36. [On the quantity v. ἀντικρύ: the form καταντροκύ is found in Att. Inscrr., IG 22.1668.88.]
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