ἀντάω

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Word-form

ἄντα

Transliteration (Word)

anta

English translation (word)

in front of

Transliteration (Etymon)

antaō

English translation (etymon)

to come opposite to, to meet

Author

Apollonius Dyscolus

Century

2 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

De adverbiis, Schneider-Ühlig II/1, 1, p. 139

Ed.

R. Schneider, Grammatici Graeci, vol. 2.1, Leipzig: Teubner, 1878

Quotation

καθότι εἴπομεν καὶ τῷ ἀντῶ ἄντα παρακεῖσθαι, σιγῶ σῖγα 

Translation (En)

As we said that next to antô "to meet" there is anta "in front of", of sigô "to be silent" sîga "silently"

Comment

Derivational etymology. It underlines the priority of the verb in the theory of Apollonius. In modern terms, the verb ἀντάω is derived from ἄντα. Apollonius sees it the other way round and assumes that ἄντα, σῖγα are what we would call back formations from the verbs

Parallels

Apollonius Dysc., ibid., p. 152 (βαρύνεται, αἶψα, αὐτίκα, ὄφρα, ῥίμφα, μάλα, μέσφα, καὶ ὅσα παρ’ ἐνεστῶτας τῶν ῥημάτων ἀποτελεῖται, ἠρεμῶ ἠρέμα, μίγω μίγα, ἀντῶ ἄντα, μινύθω μίνυθα); ibid., p. 160 (ὡς γὰρ τῷ ἠρεμῶ τὸ ἠρέμα παράκειται, τῷ σιγῶ τὸ σῖγα, ἀντῶ ἄντα, <οὕτως> ἀτρεμῶ ἀτρέμα καὶ ἀτρέμας); Herodian, De prosodia catholica, Lentz III/1, p. 490 (καὶ τὸ ἠρέμα παροξύνεται, ἐπίρρημα ὄν, δέον προπαροξύνεσθαι ὡς τὸ ἥσυχα, πλὴν εἰ μὴ παρὰ τὸ ἠρεμῶ γέγονεν ὡς ἀτρεμῶ ἀτρέμα, σιγῶ σῖγα, ἀντῶ ἄντα); Peri pathôn, Lentz III/2, 1, p. 247, ap. Etym. Magnum; Etym. Genuinum, alpha 933 (Ἄντα· ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὠκέα γίνεται ὦκα καὶ κράτεα κράτα καὶ καθ’ ὑπέρθεσιν κάρτα, καὶ σάφεα σάφα, οἷον β 31· ‘σάφα εἰπέ’, οὕτως οὖν καὶ ἀντία ἄντα, οἷον Γ 425· ‘ἀντί’ Ἀλεξάνδροιο θεά’. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀντῶ ἄντα, ὡς ἠρεμῶ ἠρέμα καὶ σιγῶ σίγα. Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν τοῖς Περὶ παθῶν); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 229 (Ἀτρέμας· πλεονασμὸς τοῦ ς ἐστίν· ὡς γὰρ σιγῶ σῖγα, ἀντῶ ἄντα, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἀτρεμῶ ἀτρέμα); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 111 (Καὶ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὠκέα γίνεται ὦκα, κράτεα κράτα, καὶ ὑπερθέσει κάρτα, καὶ σάφεα, σάφα· οὕτως οὖν καὶ ἀντία, οἷον, ‘Ἀντί’ Ἀλεξάνδροιο’. Κατὰ συγκοπὴν, ἄντα. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀντῶ, ἄντα, ὡς σιγῶ, σίγα, καὶ ἠρεμῶ, ἠρέμα. Ἡρωδιανός); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 288 (ἀτρέμας (Β 200)· παρὰ τὸ τρέμω τρεμῶ γίνεται ἀτρεμῶ <καὶ ἀτρέμα>, ὡς σιγῶ σῖγα καὶ ἀντῶ ἄντα, <καὶ> πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ς ἀτρέμας)

Modern etymology

Old accusative of the word meaning "face, front", PIE *h2ent-. The preposition ἀντί is the old dative of the same word

Persistence in Modern Greek

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