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ἀντιάζω

ἀντιάζω, to meet face to face

ἀντιάζω, impf. ἀντίαζον Hdt. 1.166 (but ὑπ-ηντίαζον 4.121), ἠντίαζον (ὑπ-) X. An. 6.5.27, etc.: fut. ἀντιάσω [ᾰ]; Dor. -άξω (v. infr.): aor. ἠντίᾰσα Hdt. 4.80, 9.6; but these two tenses belong also to ἀντιάω: (ἀντί):—
  • meet face to face:
    • I c. acc. pers., encounter, whether as friend or foe, τὸν ἐπιόντα Id. 4.118, cf. 2.141, 4.80, etc.; ἀ. [τινὰ] ἐς τόπον Hdt. 1.166, cf. 9.6; πατέρʼ ἀντιάσασα πρὸς . . πόρθμευμα A. Ag. 1557: abs., κόρος . . βαρὺς ἀντιάσαι Pi. N. 10.20; μολπὰ πρὸς κάλαμον ἀντιάξει song shall answer to the pipe, Id. O. 10(11).84.
      • 2 approach as suppliants, ἀ. τινὰ δώροισι Hdt. 1.105: hence simply, entreat, supplicate, Ἄρεα ἀντιάζω S. OT 192; καί σʼ ἀντιάζω πρὸς . . Διός Id. Aj. 492, cf. E. Andr. 572, etc.; freq. with acc. omitted, ἀλλʼ ἀντιάζω S. El. 1009, cf. Ph. 809, E. Alc. 400; βᾶθι καὶ ἀντίασον γονάτων entreat [her] by her knees, Id. Supp. 272.
    • II = ἀντιάω II, ἀντάω, c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ὅταν θεοὶ . . Γιγάντεσσιν μάχαν ἀντιάζωσιν in fight, Pi. N. 1.68.—This Verb is never used in correct Att. Prose.

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