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ἀντάω

ἀντάω, to come opposite to, meet face to face, meet with

ἀντάω, Ep. impf. ἤντεον Il. 7.423:
    • I c. dat. pers., come opposite to, meet face to face, meet with, ἥ οἱ ἔπειτʼ ἤντησʼ ib. 6.399; ἤντεον ἀλλήλοισιν 7.423; so also in Trag., ἀνέμοις ἀ. A. Supp. 36; πατρί S. Tr. 902, etc.
    • II = ἀντιάω, c. gen.,
      • 1 c. gen. pers., meet in battle, εἴ κεν πάντων ἀντήσομεν Od. 16.254, cf. Il. 16.423: also without any hostile sense, σπέρμα μὲν ἄντασʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν by lineage she reached, went up to the Erechtheidae, S. Ant. 982.
      • 2 c. gen. rei, meet with, take part in, partake in or of, μάχης, δαίτης, Il. 7.158, Od. 3.44; κατάλεξον ὅπως ἤντησας ὀπωπῆς how thou hast gained sight of him, ib. 17.44, cf. 3.97; so ἀ. ξεινίων Hdt. 2.119; ἁλώσιος Pi. O. 10(11).42; ἀ. τινὸς ὑπό τινος meet with such and such treatment from another, Hdt. 1.114; σφῷν . . θεοῖς ἀρῶμαι μή ποτʼ ἀντῆσαι κακῶν S. OC 1445.
    • III c. acc., ἤν νιν πομπαῖς ἀντήσῃς E. IA 150 (s.v.l.).— The simple Verb never in Com. or Att. Prose; but cf. ἀπαντάω.

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