Strong G1726ἐναντίον
in front of
- Transliteration
- enantion
- Pronunciation
- en-an-tee'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Neuter of G1727; (adverb) in the presence (view) of: - before in the presence of.
Detailed definition
ἐν-αντίος, -α, -ον
(ἀντίος, set against), [in LXX: ἐξ ἐναντίας, for נֶגֶד, etc.; ἐναντίον, for פָּנִים etc.;]
over against, opposite, contrary: ἄνεμος, Mat.14:24, Mrk.6:48, Act.27:4; ἐξ ἐναντίας (ellipse obscure, see Bl., § 44,1; Mozley, Psa.42:1-11), with genitive, Mrk.15:39. Metaphorical, opposed, hostile: 1Th.2:15, Act.26:9 28:17; ὁ ἐξ ἐ., Tit.2:8. Neuter., -ίον, adv., as prep. with genitive, before, in the presence of: Luk.1:6 20:26 24:19 Act.7:10 (ἔναντι, T), Act.8:32 (LXX).†
(AS)
(ἀντίος, set against), [in LXX: ἐξ ἐναντίας, for נֶגֶד, etc.; ἐναντίον, for פָּנִים etc.;]
over against, opposite, contrary: ἄνεμος, Mat.14:24, Mrk.6:48, Act.27:4; ἐξ ἐναντίας (ellipse obscure, see Bl., § 44,1; Mozley, Psa.42:1-11), with genitive, Mrk.15:39. Metaphorical, opposed, hostile: 1Th.2:15, Act.26:9 28:17; ὁ ἐξ ἐ., Tit.2:8. Neuter., -ίον, adv., as prep. with genitive, before, in the presence of: Luk.1:6 20:26 24:19 Act.7:10 (ἔναντι, T), Act.8:32 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1726 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- before4
- sight1
First verses
- Mark 2:12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
- Luke 20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
- Luke 24:19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
- Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Acts 8:32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐναντίος, α, ον,
opposite, ={ἀντίος} (which is rare in Prose):
1 of Place, on the opposite side, opposite, c.dative, ἀκταὶ ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.89; Πάτροκλος δέ οἱ.. ἐ. ἧστο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.190, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.89)]: hence, fronting, face to face, αὐτῳ οὔ πω φαίνετ᾽ ἐναντίη [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6.329; ὄττις ἐ. τοι ἰσδάνει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.2)]; δεῖξον.. τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον δεῦρ᾽ ἐ. πατρί before him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 947)]; τὰναντία τινί things open to one's sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.345: _absolutely_, ἐ. στάνθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1078 (but ἐ. κεῖσθαι)] look opposite ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190a).)]
1.b with Verbs of motion, in the opposite direction, ἔνθα οἱ.. ἐναντίη ἤλυθε μήτηρ came to meet him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.251; ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισιν ὄγμον ἐλαύνωσιν 11.67; δύο ἅμαξαι ἐ. ἀλλήλαις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93; ἄνεμος ἐ. ἔπνει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.3.)]
1.c Astrology texts, in diametrical aspect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 70.16, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.360.)]
2 in hostile sense, opposing, facing in fight, with genitive, ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.497, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1284, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.28, etc.: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 856, “IT” 1415)]; οἱ ἐ. one's adversaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 375, 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 12 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.)]; the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.64, etc.)]
2.b generally, opposed to, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.10)]; τὸ ἐ. the opposite party, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ath.” 1.4)]; presenting obstacles, hindering, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 642.)]
2.c ὁ δι ἐναντίας the opponent in a alawsuit, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 1.58.15 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
3 of qualities, acts, etc., opposite, contrary, reverse, τἀναντί᾽ εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1373; δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 667: mostly with _genitive_, τὰ ἐ. τούτων)] the very reverse of these things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, etc.)]; δείξας.. ἄστρων τὴν ἐ. ὁδόν, i.e. τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου ὁδὸν ἐ. οὖσαν τοῖς ἄστροις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861: also with _dative_, Ὀρφεῖ δὲ γλῶσσαν τὴν ἐναντίαν ἔχεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1629)]; τἀναντία πρήσσειν [τῇ ὑγιείῃ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234; δύο τὰ -ώτατα εὐβουλίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42; ἀγαθῷ κακὸν -ώτερον ἢ τῷ μὴ ἀγαθῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491d; ἐναντία λέγει αὐτὸς αὑτῷ [prev. author] “Prt.” 339b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 493; τἀναντία τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt” 323d)]; ἐναντία γνῶναι ταῖς πλείσταις [πόλεσιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.2; τὴν ἐ. τινὶ ψῆφον θέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65; simply τὴν ἐ. θέσθαι τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184d: followed by ἤ, τοὺς ἐ. λόγους ἢ ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.22; τοὐ. δρῶν ἢ προσῆκ᾽ αὐτῷ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 14; τοὐ. ἔπαθεν ἢ τὸ προσδοκώμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966e, compare “R.” 567c, etc.: frequently strengthened, πᾶν τοὐ., πάντα τἀ)]., quite the contrary, Lg.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (967a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.4)]; πολὺ τοὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57; τὸ δὲ πολὺ ἐναντίον ἀποβήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c.)]
3.b τὰ ἐ. opposites in Philos., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b3, etc.)]
4 in the Philos. of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τἀναντία (distinct from other ἀντικείμενα, “Metaphorical” 1018a25))] are contraries, especially the two attributes within the same genus which differ most widely from each other (as hot and cold), [Refs (“Cat.” 6a18, +others)]
4.b ἐ. ἀποφάνσεις, προτάσεις, contrary propositions (All [Refs (B is A, No B is A))], opposed to contradictory (see. ἀντιφατικῶς), [Refs ([prev. author] “Int.” 17b4, “APr.” 63b28.)]
II frequently in adverb usages:
II.1 from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards, _neuter_ ἐναντίον)] as adverb, opposite, facing, ἐ. ὧδε κάλεσσον here to my face, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.544)]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐ. to look one in the face,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.107; ἐ. προσβλέπειν τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 968, etc.; γυναῖκας ἀνδρῶν μὴ βλέπειν ἐ. [prev. work] 975: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40, etc.)]: hence, like a preposition with genitive, in the presence of, τῆς βουλῆς [Refs (“IG” 12.91)]; τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1002)]; μαρτύρων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 448; ἐ. τοῦ παιδίου [prev. author] “Lys.” 907; ἐ. ἁπάντων λέγειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; ἐ. Διός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.9.2; also _neuter_ _plural_, “IG” 7.1779 (from Thespiae).)]
II.1.b in hostile sense, against, with genitive, ἀνέσταν.. σφοῦ πατρὸς ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.534; ἐ. ἰέναι τινός 21.574; ἐ. μάχεσθαί τινος 20.97; ἐ. ἵστασ᾽ ἐμεῖο 13.448: _absolutely_, ἐ. μίμνειν)] stand one's ground against, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 106: with _dative_, νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. 20.252; ἐ. θεοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 624; ἐ. τῷ ὅρκῳ πράττειν “IG” 22.1258.2.)]
II.1.c contrariwise, in Attic dialect also with the Article, τοὐναντίον on the other hand, τοὐ. δέ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.4)]; ἢ πάλιν τοὐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 460.5)]; conversely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89e.)]
II.1.d neuter plural ἐναντία as adverb, with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, etc.)]
II.2 with Preps., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. over against, opposite, opposed to ἐκ πλαγίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.15, etc.)]; ἐξ ἐναντίας, Ionic dialect -ίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33 (οἱ ἐξ ἐ)]. the opposing parties, probably in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.78.26 (4th c.AD)))]; ἐκ τῶν ἐ. on the contrary, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.9; ἀπ᾽ ἐναντίας 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.2; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. Χωρεῖν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 4)]; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39a: Geometry texts, αἱ κατ᾽ ἐναντίον τοῦ παραλληλογράμμου πλευραί)] the opposite sides of the parallelogram, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.9)]; αἱ κατ᾽ ἐ. τομαί opposite sections (i. e. branches) of the hyperbola, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 3.23.)]
II.3 regular adverb -ίως contrariwise, with dative, τούτοις οὐκ ἐ. λέγεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 642; ἐ. διακεῖσθαί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361c; ἐ. ἀντικεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 17b20)]; πικρῶς καὶ ἐ. like an enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.339; ἐ. ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175d)]; ἐ. ἔχειν to be exactly opposed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 278a)]; πρός τι to be contrary in respect of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.4)]; in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Metaphorical” 1057b11, +others, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.268C.)]
opposite, ={ἀντίος} (which is rare in Prose):
1 of Place, on the opposite side, opposite, c.dative, ἀκταὶ ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.89; Πάτροκλος δέ οἱ.. ἐ. ἧστο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.190, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.89)]: hence, fronting, face to face, αὐτῳ οὔ πω φαίνετ᾽ ἐναντίη [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6.329; ὄττις ἐ. τοι ἰσδάνει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.2)]; δεῖξον.. τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον δεῦρ᾽ ἐ. πατρί before him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 947)]; τὰναντία τινί things open to one's sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.345: _absolutely_, ἐ. στάνθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1078 (but ἐ. κεῖσθαι)] look opposite ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190a).)]
1.b with Verbs of motion, in the opposite direction, ἔνθα οἱ.. ἐναντίη ἤλυθε μήτηρ came to meet him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.251; ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισιν ὄγμον ἐλαύνωσιν 11.67; δύο ἅμαξαι ἐ. ἀλλήλαις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93; ἄνεμος ἐ. ἔπνει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.3.)]
1.c Astrology texts, in diametrical aspect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 70.16, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.360.)]
2 in hostile sense, opposing, facing in fight, with genitive, ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.497, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1284, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.28, etc.: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 856, “IT” 1415)]; οἱ ἐ. one's adversaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 375, 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 12 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.)]; the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.64, etc.)]
2.b generally, opposed to, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.10)]; τὸ ἐ. the opposite party, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ath.” 1.4)]; presenting obstacles, hindering, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 642.)]
2.c ὁ δι ἐναντίας the opponent in a alawsuit, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 1.58.15 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
3 of qualities, acts, etc., opposite, contrary, reverse, τἀναντί᾽ εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1373; δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 667: mostly with _genitive_, τὰ ἐ. τούτων)] the very reverse of these things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, etc.)]; δείξας.. ἄστρων τὴν ἐ. ὁδόν, i.e. τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου ὁδὸν ἐ. οὖσαν τοῖς ἄστροις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861: also with _dative_, Ὀρφεῖ δὲ γλῶσσαν τὴν ἐναντίαν ἔχεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1629)]; τἀναντία πρήσσειν [τῇ ὑγιείῃ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234; δύο τὰ -ώτατα εὐβουλίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42; ἀγαθῷ κακὸν -ώτερον ἢ τῷ μὴ ἀγαθῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491d; ἐναντία λέγει αὐτὸς αὑτῷ [prev. author] “Prt.” 339b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 493; τἀναντία τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt” 323d)]; ἐναντία γνῶναι ταῖς πλείσταις [πόλεσιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.2; τὴν ἐ. τινὶ ψῆφον θέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65; simply τὴν ἐ. θέσθαι τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184d: followed by ἤ, τοὺς ἐ. λόγους ἢ ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.22; τοὐ. δρῶν ἢ προσῆκ᾽ αὐτῷ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 14; τοὐ. ἔπαθεν ἢ τὸ προσδοκώμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966e, compare “R.” 567c, etc.: frequently strengthened, πᾶν τοὐ., πάντα τἀ)]., quite the contrary, Lg.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (967a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.4)]; πολὺ τοὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57; τὸ δὲ πολὺ ἐναντίον ἀποβήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c.)]
3.b τὰ ἐ. opposites in Philos., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b3, etc.)]
4 in the Philos. of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τἀναντία (distinct from other ἀντικείμενα, “Metaphorical” 1018a25))] are contraries, especially the two attributes within the same genus which differ most widely from each other (as hot and cold), [Refs (“Cat.” 6a18, +others)]
4.b ἐ. ἀποφάνσεις, προτάσεις, contrary propositions (All [Refs (B is A, No B is A))], opposed to contradictory (see. ἀντιφατικῶς), [Refs ([prev. author] “Int.” 17b4, “APr.” 63b28.)]
II frequently in adverb usages:
II.1 from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards, _neuter_ ἐναντίον)] as adverb, opposite, facing, ἐ. ὧδε κάλεσσον here to my face, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.544)]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐ. to look one in the face,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.107; ἐ. προσβλέπειν τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 968, etc.; γυναῖκας ἀνδρῶν μὴ βλέπειν ἐ. [prev. work] 975: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40, etc.)]: hence, like a preposition with genitive, in the presence of, τῆς βουλῆς [Refs (“IG” 12.91)]; τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1002)]; μαρτύρων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 448; ἐ. τοῦ παιδίου [prev. author] “Lys.” 907; ἐ. ἁπάντων λέγειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; ἐ. Διός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.9.2; also _neuter_ _plural_, “IG” 7.1779 (from Thespiae).)]
II.1.b in hostile sense, against, with genitive, ἀνέσταν.. σφοῦ πατρὸς ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.534; ἐ. ἰέναι τινός 21.574; ἐ. μάχεσθαί τινος 20.97; ἐ. ἵστασ᾽ ἐμεῖο 13.448: _absolutely_, ἐ. μίμνειν)] stand one's ground against, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 106: with _dative_, νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. 20.252; ἐ. θεοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 624; ἐ. τῷ ὅρκῳ πράττειν “IG” 22.1258.2.)]
II.1.c contrariwise, in Attic dialect also with the Article, τοὐναντίον on the other hand, τοὐ. δέ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.4)]; ἢ πάλιν τοὐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 460.5)]; conversely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89e.)]
II.1.d neuter plural ἐναντία as adverb, with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, etc.)]
II.2 with Preps., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. over against, opposite, opposed to ἐκ πλαγίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.15, etc.)]; ἐξ ἐναντίας, Ionic dialect -ίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.225, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33 (οἱ ἐξ ἐ)]. the opposing parties, probably in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.78.26 (4th c.AD)))]; ἐκ τῶν ἐ. on the contrary, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.9; ἀπ᾽ ἐναντίας 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.2; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. Χωρεῖν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 4)]; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39a: Geometry texts, αἱ κατ᾽ ἐναντίον τοῦ παραλληλογράμμου πλευραί)] the opposite sides of the parallelogram, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.9)]; αἱ κατ᾽ ἐ. τομαί opposite sections (i. e. branches) of the hyperbola, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 3.23.)]
II.3 regular adverb -ίως contrariwise, with dative, τούτοις οὐκ ἐ. λέγεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 642; ἐ. διακεῖσθαί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361c; ἐ. ἀντικεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 17b20)]; πικρῶς καὶ ἐ. like an enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.339; ἐ. ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175d)]; ἐ. ἔχειν to be exactly opposed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 278a)]; πρός τι to be contrary in respect of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.4)]; in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Metaphorical” 1057b11, +others, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.268C.)]