Ἀντικρύ
over against, right opposite; right on, straight on
Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] opposite, from an opposite position. But [sc. differently-accented] a)/ntikrus [means] altogether, or completely, or obviously.
[Meaning] in the face of, clearly. The poet says [it] with the syllable long and without the sigma. "Right up against his flank it pierced his tunic."1
Ora)/ntikrus , meaning at once, clearly.
"Someone would have said they are bogus and clearly illegitimate."2 Meaning truly [so].
"They also saw his image clearly proclaiming the man's appearance, what he was like by nature."3
And the paradigm: adverbs [ending] in upsilon-sigma, if one says them without the sigma, need to have the same length [of syllables]: [e.g.]messhgu/s , messhgu/ . However, a)ntikru/ has the pitch [accent] changed, and it also changed the [syllable] length."4
[Meaning] in the face of, clearly. The poet says [it] with the syllable long and without the sigma. "Right up against his flank it pierced his tunic."1
Or
"Someone would have said they are bogus and clearly illegitimate."2 Meaning truly [so].
"They also saw his image clearly proclaiming the man's appearance, what he was like by nature."3
And the paradigm: adverbs [ending] in upsilon-sigma, if one says them without the sigma, need to have the same length [of syllables]: [e.g.]