ἀντίος
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Quotation
Ἄντα· ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὠκέα γίνεται ὦκα καὶ κράτεα κράτα καὶ καθ’ ὑπέρθεσιν κάρτα, καὶ σάφεα σάφα, […] 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
Translation (En)
Anta "in front of": as from ōkea "swift" comes ōka "swiftly", and from kratea "strong" krata "strongly", and by metathesis karta, and from saphea "clear" sapha "clearly" […], so too from antia "opposite" comes anta "in front of", as in Il. 3.425 "the goddess, in front of Alexander". Or from antô "to meet" anta, as ēremô "to be quiet" ērema "quietly" and sigō "to be silent" sîga "silently". Herodian in the Peri pathôn
Parallels
Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 78 (idem); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 55 (γενόμενον κατὰ συγκοπὴν ὡς σαφέα σάφα ἀντία ἄντα, οὕτω ταχέα τάχα); 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)
Comment
Derivational etymology deriving the adverb from the adjective and implying a syncope. Lentz ascribes this etymology to Herodian (De prosodia Catholica, III/1, p. 488), although the mention "Herodian" at the end may be valid only for the second etymology, which was Apollonius Dyscolus' (see ἄντα / ἀντάω). There is no certainty about Herodian in this case