antitheton

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivized neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, opposing, contrasting).

Pronunciation

Noun

antitheton n (genitive antithetī); second declension

  1. (rhetoric) antithet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative antitheton antitheta
genitive antithetī antithetōrum
dative antithetō antithetīs
accusative antitheton antitheta
ablative antithetō antithetīs
vocative antitheton antitheta

Descendants

  • Italian: antiteto

References

  • antitheton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antitheton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.