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1 ενώπιον
ἐνώπιοςfacing: indeclform (prep)ἐνώπιοςfacing: masc /fem acc sgἐνώπιοςfacing: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
2 ἐνώπιον
ἐνώπιοςfacing: indeclform (prep)ἐνώπιοςfacing: masc /fem acc sgἐνώπιοςfacing: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
3 ενωπίως
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4 ἐνωπίως
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5 ενώπι'
ἐνώπια, ἐνώπιαface: neut nom /voc /acc plἐνώπια, ἐνώπιοςfacing: neut nom /voc /acc plἐνώπιε, ἐνώπιοςfacing: masc /fem voc sg -
6 ἐνώπι'
ἐνώπια, ἐνώπιαface: neut nom /voc /acc plἐνώπια, ἐνώπιοςfacing: neut nom /voc /acc plἐνώπιε, ἐνώπιοςfacing: masc /fem voc sg -
7 ομοιοστόμως
ὁμοιόστομοςwith both fronts facing the same way: adverbialὁμοιόστομοςwith both fronts facing the same way: masc /fem acc pl (doric) -
8 ὁμοιοστόμως
ὁμοιόστομοςwith both fronts facing the same way: adverbialὁμοιόστομοςwith both fronts facing the same way: masc /fem acc pl (doric) -
9 πλακώσεις
πλάκωσιςfacing with: fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)πλάκωσιςfacing with: fem nom /acc pl (attic)πλακόωface with: aor subj act 2nd sg (epic)πλακόωface with: fut ind act 2nd sg -
10 ἀντιπρόσωπος
-ος,-ον A 2-2-2-0-0=6 Gn 15,10; Ex 26,5; 2 Sm 10,9; 1 Chr 19,10; Ez 42,3facing, opposite [τινι] (of things) Gn 15,10; facing (of pers.) 1 Chr 19,10ἐγενήθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀντιπρόσωπον τοῦ πολέμου the front of the battle was against him 2 Sm 10,9 -
11 πρόσωπον
Aπροσώπατα Od.18.192
, AP5.230 (Maced.), Opp.C.1.419, etc.; dat.προσώπασι Il.7.212
: a masc. nom. πρόσωπος is cited from Pl.Com.250:— face, countenance (cf. μέτωπον), Hom., always in pl., even of a single person, Il.7.212, 18.414, Od.19.361, al. (exc. Il.18.24), and so in Hes. Op. 594 (v.l. -πον), S.Fr.871.6(v.infr.), El. 1277(lyr.), OC 314, X.An. 2.6.11(dub.), AP9.322 (Leon.): sg. in h.Hom.10.2,31.12, and usu. in later writers;π. κλιθὲν προσώπῳ Simon.37.12
;εἰς π. βλέπειν E. Hipp. 280
; ἐς π. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι come before him, ib. 720;π. πρός τινα στρέφειν Id.Ph. 457
;οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ π. μου LXXGe.43.3
, cf. UPZ 70.5 (ii B.C.); κατὰ πρόσωπον in front, facing, Th.1.106, X.Cyr.1.6.43, etc.; τὴν κατὰ π. τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν ib.6.3.35; κατὰ π. Αἰγύπτου facing, fronting Egypt, LXX Ge.25.18; opp. κατὰ νώτου, Plb. 1.28.9; κατὰ π. ἄγειν, opp. κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν, Id.11.14.6, etc.; κατὰ π. in person,ἡ κατὰ π. ἔντευξις Plu.Caes.17
; κατὰ π. παραμυθήσασθαι, opp. διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος, IG42(1).86.22 (Epid.); soκατὰ πρόσωπα Eudox. Ars11.21
; also πρὸς τὸ π. X.Cyn.10.9; ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ in front of Jericho, LXX De.34.1;ἔρρ' ἐκ προσώπου Herod. 8.59
;ἀπὸ π. τῆς γῆς LXXAm.9.8
; βλέπειν εἰς π. τινός regard his countenance, Ev.Matt.22.16: usu. of the face of man or God, asλειτουργῶν τῷ π. Κυρίου LXX 1 Ki.2.11
; οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ π., of shewbread, ib.21.6: of the ibis, Hdt.2.76; of dogs,ἀπὸ τῶν π. φαιδραί X.Cyn.4.2
; of horses, Arist.HA 631a5; of deer, ib. 579a2; of fish, Anaxandr. 30,33.16; face of the moon, S.Fr.871.6 (pl.), Plu.2.920b: metaph.,ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα.. ἀοιδαί Pi.I.2.8
.2 front, façade, Id.P.6.14, cf. E. Ion 189 (lyr., pl.); κατὰ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς, PPetr.3p.2 (iii B.C.), Ach.Tat.3.1,2;τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Asclep.Myrl.
ap.Ath.11.501d.II one's look, countenance, A.Ag. 639, 794 (anap., pl.), Eu. 990 (anap., pl.), etc.; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας π. S.OT 448: metaph.,φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια Pi.N.5.17
.2 Astrol., decan considered as the domain of a planet, ἐν ἰδίοις π. Vett.Val.62.21, Paul. Al.C.2.III = προσωπεῖον, mask, D.19.287 (- εῖον is v.l.), Arist. Po. 1449a36, b4, Pr. 958a17, Dsc.3.144 (v.l.), Poll.2.47;π. ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον IG12.276.6
, cf. 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., iv B.C.), Clara Rhodos 6/7.428; ὀθόνινον π. prob. in Pl.Com.142;π. περίθετον Aristomen.5
; of the Roman imagines, Plb.6.53.5; bust or portrait, Sammelb.5221, OGI432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, iii A.D.).2 dramatic part, character, Phld.Rh.1.199S., Arr.Epict.1.29.45 and 57; κωφὸν π. Cic.Att.13.19.3; character in a book, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ π. Plb.8.11.5; τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως π. Id.12.27.10, cf. Phld.Po.5.32; also ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ π., of an author, Callisth.44J.;ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ π. δικαστῶν Ael.Fr. 168
.IV person, Phld.Rh.1.52S. (pl.);ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον Ps.-Phoc.10
; προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ in person, in bodily presence, 1 Ep.Thess.2.17, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.5.12; ποιεῖν or πληροῦν τὸ π. τινός to represent a person, PRein.56.30 (iv A.D.), Sammelb. 6000ii 12 (vi A.D.); λαμβάνειν π. τινός admit a person to one's presence,εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου LXXMa.1.8
; hence, = προσωποληπτεῖν, Ev.Luc.20.21, Ep.Gal.2.6; μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ π. μου, i.e. do not reject my prayer, LXX 3 Ki.2.20; θαυμάσαι π. ἀσεβοῦς ib.Pr.18.5; ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας.., ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει π. οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον ib.De.10.17.3 Gramm., person, D.T.638.4,A.D.Pron.3.12, etc.; γυναικεῖα π. Alex.Trall.2.4 π. πόλεως a feature of the city, of a person, Cic.Fam.15.17.2.5 f.l.in Zeno Stoic.1.23 (cf.Nicol.Prog.p.4 F.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρόσωπον
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12 ἀντί
ἀντί, Prep. governing gen.:—orig. sense,A over against. (Cf. Skt. a/nti 'opposite', 'facing', Lat. ante, etc.)A USAGE:I of Place, opposite, over against, formerly quoted from several places of Hom., as Il.21.481 ἀντὶ ἐμεῖο (where now ἀντί' ἐμεῖο, i.e. ἀντία) Τρώων ἄνθ' ἑκατόν (i.e. ἄντα) 8.233; so ἄντ' Αἴαντος (i.e. ἄντα) 15.415, cf. Od.4.115, Hes.Op. 727; but ἀντί is so used in X.An.4.7.6, IG2.835 c-l68; αἱ ὀπαὶ αἱ γιγνόμεναι ἀ. τόρμων mortises facing tenons, Hero Bel.97.5; ἀντὶ μαιτύρων in the presence of witnesses, Leg.Gort.1.40;ἀντὶ τῆς ὄψεως ἡμῶν Eudox. Ars18
.II of Time, ἀντὶ νυκτός the same night, SIG1025.43 ([place name] Cos);ἀντὶ ϝέτεος GDI2561
A45 (Delph.);ἀντ' ἐνιαυτοῦ IG5(2).266.8
(Mantinea, i B.C.); ἀνθ' ἡμέρας· δι' ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας, Hsch.; cf. ἀντετοῦς.III instead, in the place of,Ἕκτορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι Il.24.254
;ἀντὶ γάμοιο τάφον Od.20.307
; so laterπολέμιος ἀντὶ φίλου καταστῆναι Hdt.1.87
;ἀντὶ ἡμέρης νὺξ ἐγένετο Id.7.37
;ἀντὶ φωτῶν σποδός A.Ag. 434
; , cf. 4.20, 7.75;βασιλεύειν ἀντί τινος X.An.1.1.4
; alsoἀντὶ ἄρχεσθαι ὑπ' ἄλλων ἄρχειν ἁπάντων Hdt.1.210
, cf.6.32, 7.170 (where the usual constr. would be ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι, cf. Th.7.28, X.Cyr.6.2.19, etc.); : sts. used elliptically, ἦ 'τολμήσατ' ἀντ' ἐμοῦ δοῦναί τινι; i.e. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐμοὶ δοῦναι, S.Ph. 369, cf. OC 448, Ar.Av.58.2 in Hom. 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 εἰμ' ἱκέταο I am as a suppliant, Il.21.75, cf. 8.163; so later τοῦτό σφι ἀντὶ λουτροῦ ἐστί serves as a bath, Hdt.4.75; ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον to be as hostages for.., Th.2.5; δουλεύειν ἀντὶ ἀργυρωνήτων just like bought slaves, D.17.3;ἀντὶ [πλεύμονος] βράγχια Arist. PA 669a4
.3 to denote exchange, at the price of, in return for,σοὶ δὲ θεοὶ τῶνδ' ἀντὶ χάριν.. δοῖεν Il.23.650
; νῆσον ἀντὶ χρημάτων παρέλαβον for money paid, Hdt.3.59;ἀντ' ἀργυρίου ἀλλάξασθαι Pl.R. 371d
;ἀμείβειν τι ἀντί τινος Pi.P.4.17
, cf. E.Or. 646, 651;ἀντὶ ποίας εὐεργεσίας; Lys.6.40
, etc.;τί δ' ἐστὶν ἀνθ' οὗ..; S.Ant. 237
;ὄνειδος ἀνθ' ὅτου Id.OC 967
; δοίην ἀντ' ἀνιῶν ἀνίας grief for grief, Thgn.344;ἀντ' ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις A.Supp. 966
:—hence wherefore,A.
Pr.31, S.OT 264, Th.6.83, Ev.Luc.12.3; therefore,Ep.Eph.
5.31; but ἀνθ' ὧν also for ἀντὶ τούτων ὄτι.., because, S.Ant. 1068, Ar.Pl. 434;ἀντὶ τοῦ;
wherefore? why?S.
OT 1021; alsoἀνθ' ὧν ὅτι ἦτε..
instead of being as you were.., De.28.62.5 to mark comparison, ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός one set against the other, compared with it, Pl.R. 331b, Lg. 705b; χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος, i.e. ever-increasing grace, Ev.Jo.1.16; in preference to,ἀφνεὸν βούλεται ἀντ' ἀγαθοῦ Thgn.188
;ἀντὶ αὐλοῦ καὶ ἀντὶ κιθάρας ὁ ἦχος ἀκούεται Demetr.Eloc. 71
;αἱρεῖσθαί τι ἀντί τινος Isoc.9.3
, D.1.1, cf. X.Lac.9.1: even after Comparatives,πλέον ἀντὶ σοῦ S.Tr. 577
;μείζον' ὅστις ἀντὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ πάτρας φίλον νομίζει Id.Ant. 182
; so (esp. after a neg.)ἄλλος ἀντ' ἐμοῦ A.Pr. 467
, S.Aj. 444, Ar.Nu. 653;δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ἠγαπηκώς Plu.Alex.42
.B POSITION: ἀντί rarely follows its case, as in Il.23.650, A. Ag. 1277, Ig5(1).1119 (Geronthrae, iv B.C.), AP7.715 (Leon.); 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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A opposite the door, κατ' ἀντίθυρον κλισίης opposite the door of the house, Od.16.159, as the Sch.; or it may be a neut. Subst. ἀντίθυρον the part facing the door, vestibule, as it is inβᾶτε κατ' ἀντιθύρων S.El. 1433
, ubi v. Herm.: in Luc.Symp.8, the side of a room facing the door, cf. Alex.16, Dom.26.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀντίθυρος
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14 ἐναντίος
1 of Place, on the opposite side, opposite, c.dat.,ἀκταὶ ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλῃσιν Od.10.89
;Πάτροκλος δέ οἱ.. ἐ. ἧστο Il.9.190
, cf. Od.23.89: hence, fronting, face to face, ;ὄττις ἐ. τοι ἰσδάνει Sapph.2.2
; δεῖξον.. τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον δεῦρ' ἐ. πατρί before him, E.Hipp. 947; τὰναντία τινί things open to one's sight, X.Cyr.3.3.345: abs.,ἐ. στάνθ' E.Hipp. 1078
(but ἐ. κεῖσθαι look opposite ways, Pl.Smp. 190a).b with Verbs of motion, in the opposite direction, ἔνθα οἱ.. ἐναντίη ἤλυθε μήτηρ came to meet him, Il.6.251; ;δύο ἅμαξαι ἐ. ἀλλήλαις Th.1.93
;ἄνεμος ἐ. ἔπνει X.An.4.5.3
.c Astrol., in diametrical aspect, Vett.Val.70.16, Man.3.360.2 in hostile sense, opposing, facing in fight, c. gen.,ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν Il.5.497
, cf. S.Aj. 1284, X.An.4.3.28, etc.: c. dat., Il.5.12, E.Supp. 856, IT 1415; οἱ ἐ. one's adversaries, A. Th. 375, Gorg.Fr. 12 D., etc.; the enemy, Hdt.7.225, Th.4.64, etc.b generally, opposed to,τινί X.An.3.2.10
; τὸ ἐ. the opposite party, Id.Ath.1.4; presenting obstacles, hindering, .c ὁ δι ἐναντίας the opponent in a alawsuit, PFlor.1.58.15 (iii A.D.), etc.3 of qualities, acts, etc., opposite, contrary, reverse,τἀναντί' εἰπεῖν A.Ag. 1373
;δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία S.Ant. 667
: mostly c.gen., τὰ ἐ. τούτων the very reverse of these things, Hdt.1.82, cf. Th.7.75, etc.; δείξας.. ἄστρων τὴν ἐ. ὁδόν, i.e.τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου ὁδὸν ἐ. οὖσαν τοῖς ἄστροις E.Fr. 861
: also c. dat., ; τἀναντία πρήσσειν [ τῇ ὑγιείῃ] Democr.234;δύο τὰ -ώτατα εὐβουλίᾳ Th.3.42
; ;ἐναντία λέγει αὐτὸς αὑτῷ Id.Prt. 339b
, cf.Ar.Ach. 493;τἀναντία τούτοις Pl. Prt 323d
; ἐναντία γνῶναι ταῖς πλείσταις [ πόλεσιν] X.Lac.1.2;τὴν ἐ. τινὶ ψῆφον θέσθαι D.19.65
; simplyτὴν ἐ. θέσθαι τινί Pl.La. 184d
: folld. byἤ, τοὺς ἐ. λόγους ἢ ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεε Hdt.1.22
;τοὐ. δρῶν ἢ προσῆκ' αὐτῷ ποιεῖν Ar.Pl.14
;τοὐ. ἔπαθεν ἢ τὸ προσδοκώμενον Pl.Lg. 966e
, cf. R. 567c, etc.: freq. strengthd., πᾶν τοὐ., πάντα τἀ., quite the contrary, Lg. 967a, X.Mem.3.12.4; πολὺ τοὐ. Stratt.57; .4 in the Philos. of Arist., τἀναντία (dist. fr. other ἀντικείμενα, Metaph. 1018a25 ) are contraries, esp. the two attributes within the same genus which differ most widely from each other (as hot and cold), Cat. 6a18, al.b ἐ. ἀποφάνσεις, προτάσεις, contrary propositions (All B is A, No B is A), opp. contradictory (v. ἀντιφατικῶς), Id.Int. 17b4, APr. 63b28.II freq. in Adv. usages:1 from Hom. downwds., neut. ἐναντίον as Adv., opposite, facing, ἐ. ὧδε κάλεσσον here to my face, Od.17.544; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐ. to look one in the face, 23.107;ἐ. προσβλέπειν τινά E.Hec. 968
, etc.; γυναῖκας ἀνδρῶν μὴ βλέπειν ἐ. ib. 975: abs., D.4.40, etc.: hence, like a Prep. c. gen., in the presence of,τῆς βουλῆς IG12.91
; τῶνδ' ἐ. S.OC 1002; μαρτύρων ἐ. Ar.Ec. 448;ἐ. τοῦ παιδίου Id.Lys. 907
;ἐ. ἁπάντων λέγειν Th.6.25
;ἐ. Διός Plb.7.9.2
; also neut. pl., IG7.1779 ([place name] Thespiae).b in hostile sense, against, c. gen., ἀνέσταν.. σφοῦ πατρὸς ἐ. Il.1.534;ἐ. ἰέναι τινός 21.574
;ἐ. μάχεσθαί τινος 20.97
;ἐ. ἵστασ' ἐμεῖο 13.448
: abs., ἐ. μίμνειν stand one's ground against, ib. 106: c. dat., νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. 20.252;ἐ. θεοῖς E.Or. 624
;ἐ. τῷ ὅρκῳ πράττειν IG22.1258.2
.c contrariwise, in [dialect] Att. also with the Art., τοὐναντίον on the other hand,τοὐ. δέ.. Antiph.80.4
; ἢ πάλιν τοὐ. Men.460.5; conversely, Pl.Men. 89e.d neut. pl. ἐναντία as Adv., c. dat., Hdt.6.32, Th.1.29, etc.2 with Preps., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. over against, opposite, opp. ἐκ πλαγίου, X.HG4.5.15, etc.; ἐξ ἐναντίας, [dialect] Ion. - ίης, Hdt.7.225, Th.4.33 ( οἱ ἐξ ἐ. the opposing parties, prob. in PGrenf. 2.78.26 (iv A. D.)); ἐκ τῶν ἐ. on the contrary, Plb.5.9.9;ἀπ' ἐναντίας Ascl.Tact.1.2
;ἀπ' ἐ. Χωρεῖν Procop.Arc.4
; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. Pl.Ti. 39a: Geom., αἱ κατ' ἐναντίον τοῦ παραλληλογράμμου πλευραί the opposite sides of the parallelogram, Archim.Aequil.1.9; αἱ κατ' ἐ. τομαί opposite sections (i. e. branches) of the hyperbola, Apollon.Perg.Con. 3.23.3 regul.Adv. - ίως contrariwise, c. dat.,τούτοις οὐκ ἐ. λέγεις A.Eu. 642
;ἐ. διακεῖσθαί τινι Pl.R. 361c
;ἐ. ἀντικεῖσθαι Arist.Int. 17b20
; πικρῶς καὶ ἐ. like an enemy, D.19.339;ἐ. ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι Pl.Tht. 175d
; ἐ. ἔχειν to be exactly opposed, Id.Euthd. 278a; πρός τι to be contrary in respect of.., D.1.4; in the Logic of Arist., Metaph. 1057b11, al., cf. Procl.in Alc.p.268C.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐναντίος
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