ἀντεῖπον
ἀντεῖπον, to speak against; speak in turn, reply (aor)
ἀντεῖπον, aor. 2 without any pres. (cf. ἀντερῶ, ἀντιλέγω, ἀνταγορεύω),
- speak against or in answer, gainsay, c. dat., S. OC 999, etc.; ἀ. τινὶ δεομένῳ Th. 1.136: abs., οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω A. Pr. 51; ἀ. πρός τινα or τι, Th. 3.61, X. HG 3.3.3; oppose, Pl. Thg. 131a; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in oneʼs defence, Ar. Th. 545: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἔπος utter a word of contradiction, E. IA 1391; δύο λόγω περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντειπεῖν speak on both sides of a question, Isoc. 10.1; τούτῳ ἂν δίκαιον λόγον ἀντείποιμι Pl. Ap. 28b.
- 2 κακῶς ἀ. τινά malign him in turn, S. Ant. 1053.
ἀντεῖπον, v. ἀντιλέγω.
ἀντεῖπον
aor2 with no pres, ἀνταγορεύω being used instead, cf. ἀντερῶ
- 1to speak against or in answer, gainsay, c. dat., οὐδὲν ἀντ. τινι Aesch., etc.:—absol. to speak in answer, Thuc., etc.; ἀντ. ἔπος to utter a word of contradiction, Eur.
- 2ἀντ. τινί τι to set one thing against another, Plat.
- 3κακῶς ἀντ. τινά to speak ill of him in turn, Soph.