ἀντίλογος

ἀντίλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀντῐ́ (antí, “against”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “word”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.lo.ɡos/ → /anˈti.lo.ɣos/ → /anˈdi.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.lo.ɣos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος • (antílogos) m, f (neuter ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον); second declension

1. contradictory, reverse
   • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 1142
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1135.28
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Nat. 28
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 8

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος; ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογος antílogos	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον antílogon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογοι antílogoi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ antíloga
Genitive		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγου antilógou	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγου antilógou		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν antilógoin	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν antilógoin		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγων antilógōn	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγων antilógōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγῳ antilógōi	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγῳ antilógōi		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν antilógoin	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοιν antilógoin		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοις antilógois	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγοις antilógois
Accusative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον antílogon	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον antílogon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγους antilógous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ antíloga
Vocative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογε antíloge	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογον antílogon		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō	ᾰ̓ντῐλόγω antilógō		ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογοι antílogoi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́λογᾰ antíloga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ντῐλόγως antilógōs			ᾰ̓ντῐλογώτερος antilogṓteros			ᾰ̓ντῐλογώτᾰτος antilogṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀντιλέγω (antilégō)
• ἀντιλογία (antilogía)

Descendants

• → English: antilogue

Further reading

• ἀντίλογος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίλογος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀντίλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίλογος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)