ἄντα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓́ντ’ (ắnt’) — apocopic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntm̥, accusative singular of *h₂énts.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.da/

Adverb

ᾰ̓́ντᾰ • (ắntă) (Epic)

over against, face to face

Preposition

ᾰ̓́ντᾰ • (ắntă) (governs the genitive) (Epic)

over against, opposite
before, confronted with

Derived terms

ᾰ̓νᾰ́ντης (ănắntēs)
ᾰ̓́νται (ắntai)
ᾰ̓ντᾰ́ω (ăntắō)
ἐξᾰ́ντης (exắntēs)
ἐπᾰ́ντης (epắntēs)
κᾰτᾰ́ντης (kătắntēs)
προσᾰ́ντης (prosắntēs)

Related terms

ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Further reading

“ἄντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press