ἀντί — Anabasis Mather

ἀντί by elision and euphony ἀντ᾽ or ἀνθ᾽ [cogn., Lat. ante, defore ; bor., Eng. antifat, antislavery], prep. with gen., facing, opposite to, over Idiomatic uses: instead of, in place of; to serve as, for, in return for; αἱρεῖσθαι... ἀντί, prefer one thing to another ; ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἑστηκότες, standing behind (and facing) which, 215, 26. In cpds., instead, in return, against; cp. Eng. words beginning with anti-, as anticlimax, antipathy, antipodes, Antichrist, also see above.

ShortDef

over against, opposite. c. gen.

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ἀντί

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ἀντί

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αντι

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