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Ἀντίξοον · adverse (α 2688) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2684he will fill [you] with the buggery of Antimachos
α2685antimision, antiminsion
α2686I disobey
α2687now worth many hosts is the man whom Zeus will love in his heart
α2688adverse
α2689Antiope
α2690against
α2691Antion, Antium
α2692Antiocheia, Antiochia, Antioch

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Ἀντίξοον

adverse

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] opposed, hostile.
Herodotus [writes]: "and to collect an army adverse to [the] Persians."¹
Also [sc. attested is the contracted form] a)nti/coun, [sc. likewise meaning] opposed.²
Agathias [writes]: "but he left, supposing nothing would be adverse."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντίξοον· ἐναντίον, πολέμιον. Ἡρόδοτος· καὶ στρατὸν συλλέγειν ἀντίξοον Πέρσῃσι. καὶ Ἀντίξουν, ἐναντίον. Ἀγαθίας· ὁ δὲ ἐχώρει, οὐδὲν ἀντίξουν ἔσεσθαι ὑποτοπήσας.

Betacode

*)anti/coon: e)nanti/on, pole/mion. *(hro/dotos: kai\ strato\n sulle/gein a)nti/coon *pe/rsh|si. kai\ *)anti/coun, e)nanti/on. *)agaqi/as: o( de\ e)xw/rei, ou)de\n a)nti/coun e)/sesqai u(potoph/sas.

Notes (3)

The headword adjective is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given.
1Herodotus 6.7 (of what the participants in the Ionian Revolt resolve not to do; the emphasis in pezo\n me\n strato\n mhde/na sulle/gein ktl is to fight at sea, not on land). See web address 1. ↩
2Presumably extracted from the Agathias passage which now follows. ↩
3Agathias, Histories 1.14. During the Gothic War (535-554) in 553 CE, the Heruli military commander, Fulcaris--audacious, but also given to recklessness--assembles an irregular force of Heruli and Roman soldiers for an ill-fated attack (q.v. alpha 2764) on the Franks at Parma (in northern Italy, Barrington Atlas map 39 grid G4); cf. Frendo (22-23). On the Heruli, see epsilon 901 and epsilon 3058. On Fulcaris, see PLRE IIIa s.v.

References

J.D. Frendo, trans., Agathias: The Histories, (Berlin 1975)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α2686ἈντινομῶI disobey α2687Ἀντί νυ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστὶν ἀνὴρnow worth many hosts is the man whom Zeus will love in his heart α2688Ἀντίξοονadverse α2689ἈντιόπηAntiope α2690Ἀντίοςagainst

Revision history7 revisions · last 12 Nov 2023

12 Nov 2023added to bibliography n.3 — Ronald Allen
24 Sep 2023expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
24 Jul 2015Revised — David Whitehead
10 Dec 2013tweaked note, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
18 Mar 2012more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2001augmented note; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀντίξοον (Adler number alpha 2688), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 8 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2688

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗