ἀντίφωνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tí.pʰɔː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈti.pʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈti.ɸo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈti.fo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.fo.nos/
Adjective
ἀντίφωνος • (antíphōnos) m or f (neuter ἀντίφωνον); second declension
- sounding in answer, concordant, as in the octave
- Plato, Laws 812D
- Plato, Laws 717B
- Philo 2.485
- (with genitive) responsive to
- Euripides, The Suppliants 800
- Plutarch, Moralia 2.412B
- (neuter substantive) a concord in the octave
- Aristotle, Problems 19.39.1, (Compare 19.16)
- (ecclesiastical) antiphon, anthem
Declension
Second declension of ἀντίφωνος; ἀντίφωνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀντίφωνος antíphōnos | ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντίφωνοι antíphōnoi | ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀντιφώνου antiphṓnou | ἀντιφώνου antiphṓnou | ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin | ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin | ἀντιφώνων antiphṓnōn | ἀντιφώνων antiphṓnōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀντιφώνῳ antiphṓnōi | ἀντιφώνῳ antiphṓnōi | ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin | ἀντιφώνοιν antiphṓnoin | ἀντιφώνοις antiphṓnois | ἀντιφώνοις antiphṓnois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon | ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντιφώνους antiphṓnous | ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀντίφωνε antíphōne | ἀντίφωνον antíphōnon | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντιφώνω antiphṓnō | ἀντίφωνοι antíphōnoi | ἀντίφωνᾰ antíphōna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀντιφώνως antiphṓnōs | ἀντιφωνότερος antiphōnóteros | ἀντιφωνότᾰτος antiphōnótatos | ||||||||||||
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See also
- Ἀντιφῶν (Antiphôn)
- σύμφωνος (súmphōnos)
Further reading
- “ἀντίφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀντίφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀντίφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντίφωνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- responsive idem, page 704.