ἀντίπαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀντῐ́ (antí, “against”) + πάλη (pálē, “wrestling, fight”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tí.pa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈti.pa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈti.pa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈti.pa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.pa.los/
Adjective
ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλος • (antípalos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον); second declension
- antagonistic, rival, competitive
- contrary, opposite, hostile
- balanced, equal, proportioned
Declension
Second declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλος; ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλος antípalos | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον antípalon | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλοι antípaloi | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλᾰ antípala | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λου antipálou | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λου antipálou | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοιν antipáloin | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοιν antipáloin | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λων antipálōn | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λων antipálōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λῳ antipálōi | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λῳ antipálōi | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοιν antipáloin | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοιν antipáloin | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοις antipálois | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λοις antipálois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον antípalon | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον antípalon | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λους antipálous | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλᾰ antípala | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλε antípale | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλον antípalon | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λω antipálō | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλοι antípaloi | ᾰ̓ντῐ́πᾰλᾰ antípala | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰ́λως antipálōs | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰλώτερος antipalṓteros | ᾰ̓ντῐπᾰλώτᾰτος antipalṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀντίπαλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀντίπαλος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀντίπαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντίπαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)