ἀντίδωρον
See also: αντίδωρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀντι- (anti-, “in exchange; in return; instead of”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) from Proto-Hellenic *dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom; cf. verb ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai, “to donate, exchange, present in return, offer instead”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tí.dɔː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈti.do.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈti.ðo.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈti.ðo.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.ðo.ron/
Noun
ἀντίδωρον • (antídōron) n (genitive ἀντίδωρου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- return-gift; a present donated or offered in return or in exchange; compensation, remuneration, recompense, reciprocation
- Synonym: αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
- (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism) antidoron; morsel of blessed bread from the remains of the Eucharist offering distributed to members of the congregation in churches that use the Byzantine Rite liturgy
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀντίδωρον; τοῦ ἀντιδώρου (Koine, Byzantine, Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀντίδωρον tò antídōron | τὼ ἀντιδώρω tṑ antidṓrō | τᾰ̀ ἀντίδωρᾰ tà antídōra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀντιδώρου toû antidṓrou | τοῖν ἀντιδώροιν toîn antidṓroin | τῶν ἀντιδώρων tôn antidṓrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀντιδώρῳ tôi antidṓrōi | τοῖν ἀντιδώροιν toîn antidṓroin | τοῖς ἀντιδώροις toîs antidṓrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀντίδωρον tò antídōron | τὼ ἀντιδώρω tṑ antidṓrō | τᾰ̀ ἀντίδωρᾰ tà antídōra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀντίδωρον antídōron | ἀντιδώρω antidṓrō | ἀντίδωρᾰ antídōra | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
- ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai)
- ἀντιδωροφορέω (antidōrophoréō)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: αντίδωρον (antídōron)
- Greek: αντίδωρο (antídoro), ⇒ αντίδερο (antídero)
- → English: antidoron
Further reading
- “ἀντίδωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀντίδωρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντίδωρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)