Ἄντικρυς
right on, straight on
Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] opposite, from an opposite position. The linguists and Apollodorus of Cyrene1 and others say [it means] demonstrably. And indeed right through and directly and straightway and right away and surely and soundly and accurately and simply. But others say, I think more accurately, that when said with the sigma [i.e. a)/ntikrus ] it clarifies what has been said, but without the sigma, i.e. a)ntikru/ , it only [means] over against, and opposite from.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄντικρυς· κατέναντι, ἐξ ἐναντίας. οἱ δὲ γλωσσογράφοι καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Κυρηναῖος καὶ ἕτερά φασι δηλοῦν. καὶ γὰρ διαμπερὲς καὶ ἰθὺς καὶ εὐθὺς καὶ ἐπ' εὐθείας καὶ ἰσχυρῶς καὶ σαφῶς καὶ ἀκριβῶς καὶ ἁπλῶς. οἱ δέ φασιν ἀκριβέστερον οἶμαι λέγοντες, ὅτι μετὰ τοῦ ς λεγόμενον τὰ εἰρημένα δηλοῖ, ἄνευ δὲ τοῦ ς, οἷον ἀντικρύ, τὸ κατέναντι μόνον, καὶ ἐξ ἐναντίας.