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ἀντιάω

ἀντιάω, to go for the purpose of meeting

ἀντιάω, Hom. uses pres. only in the Ep. forms ἀντιόω, inf. ἀντιάαν, 3 pl. imper. ἀντιοώντων, part. ἀντιόων, όωσα, όωντες; but ἀντιόω, which is pres. in Il. 1.31, 23.643, serves as fut. in 13.752: fut. ἀντιάσω [ᾰ] Od. 22.28, Thgn. (v. infr.): aor. ἠντίᾰσα Hom. (these two tenses in form belong to ἀντιάζω; but such instances as belong in sense to ἀντιάω are given here):—Med., once in Hom. (v. infr.), A.R. 1.470, 2.24: (ἀντί, ἀντίος):—
    • IEp. Verb: go for the purpose of meeting or receiving:
      • 1 c. gen. rei, go in quest of, when an aim or purpose is implied, πολέμοιο μενοίνα ἀντιάαν Il. 13.215; ὄφρα πόνοιο . . ἀντιάσητον 12.3; οὐκέτʼ ἀέθλων ἄλλων ἀντιάσεις Od. 22.28, al.: metaph. of an arrow, hit, ἀλλά κεν ἢ στέρνων ἢ νηδύος ἀντιάσειε Il. 13.290:— often of the gods, come (as it were) to meet an offering, and so, in past tenses, to have received, accepted it, ἀντιόων ταύρων τε καὶ ἀρνειῶν ἑκατόμβης Od. 1.25; ἀρνῶν κνίσης αἰγῶν τε τελείων . . ἀντιάσας Il. 1.67; generally, partake of, enjoy, αἲ γὰρ . . ὀνήσιος ἀντιάσειεν Od. 21.402; so ἔργων ἀντιάσεις χαλεπῶν Thgn. 1308; οὔτε του τάφου ἀντιάσας οὔτε γόων S. El. 869: abs., ἀντιάσαις having obtained [his wishes], Pi. I. 6(5).15:—once in Med., ἀντιάασθε, θεοί, γάμου Il. 24.62.
      • 2 more rarely c. gen. pers., match or measure oneself with, ἡμεῖς δʼ εἰμὲν τοῖοι οἲ ἂν σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν ib. 7.231; δήων ἀντιάσειν Thgn. 552.
        • b rarely, come to aid, οὗ παιδὸς τεθνηότος ἀντιόωσα Od. 24.56.
    • II c. dat. pers., meet with, encounter, as by chance, μηδʼ ἀντιάσειας ἐκείνῳ ib. 18.147; δυστήνων δέ τε παῖδες ἐμῷ μένει ἀντιόωσιν Il. 6.127.
      • 2 c. gen., encounter, ψύχεος Emp. 65.
    • III abs. in aor. part., ἀλλά τινʼ ὔμμʼ ὀΐω δόμεναι θεὸν ἀντιάσαντα having haply met you, Il. 10.551, cf. Od. 6.193, 13.312, 17.442.
    • IV c. acc. rei, only in ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσα, euphem. for sharing it, only in Il. 1.31.
    • V approach as a suppliant, supplicate, like ἀντιάζω I.2, only in later Ep., c. gen. pers., A.R. 1.703: also c. acc. pers., Id. 3.694: c. acc. rei, ib. 717.
    • VI ἀντιόωσα σελήνη dub. in Orph. Fr. 168.16.

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