ἀντίθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐτῐ́θημῐ (ăntĭtĭ́thēmĭ, “to set against”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐς • (ăntĭ́thesĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεως); third declension

  1. opposition, resistance
  2. contradiction
  3. (rhetoric) antithesis
  4. (grammar) change or transposition of a letter

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐς
hē ăntĭ́thesĭs 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐθέσει
tṑ ăntĭthései 		αἱ ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεις
hai ăntĭthéseis
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεως
tês ăntĭthéseōs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐθεσέοιν
toîn ăntĭtheséoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεων
tôn ăntĭthéseōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ντῐθέσει
tēî ăntĭthései 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐθεσέοιν
toîn ăntĭtheséoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεσῐν
taîs ăntĭthésesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐν
tḕn ăntĭ́thesĭn 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐθέσει
tṑ ăntĭthései 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεις
tā̀s ăntĭthéseis
Vocative ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐ
ăntĭ́thesĭ 		ᾰ̓ντῐθέσει
ăntĭthései 		ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεις
ăntĭthéseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: αντίθεση (antíthesi)
  • → Latin: antithesis

Further reading

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