ἀντί

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (front, opposite). Cognates include English and, Latin ante, Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), and Old Armenian ընդ (ənd).[1]

The genitive is from the PIE ablative of separation or comparison.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ἀντί (antí) (governs the genitive)

  1. over against, opposite
  2. at the same time as
  3. in exchange for, in place of
  4. at the price of, in return for
  5. for the sake of, for
  6. instead of
  7. compared with
  8. equivalent to, no better or worse than
    • ἀντίθεος, godlike
    • γυναικὸς ἄρ’ ἀντὶ τέτυξο, for you have become no better than a woman (Iliad 8.163)

Descendants

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  • English: anti-, ant-
  • Greek: αντί (antí, instead of, preposition)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀντί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109

Further reading

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