ἐναντίος
Alt. ἐν-αντίος, η, ον
Gram. adj e)n-anti os_h_on stem_acc
"opposite", Lat. adversus:
1. of Place, "over against, opposite", c. dat., Hom.: "fronting, face to face", Od., Eur.:—with Verbs of motion, "in opposite directions, meeting", Il.
2. in hostile sense, "opposing, facing" in fight, id=Il., etc.; c. gen., ἐναντίοι Ἀχαιῶν id=Il., etc.: also c. dat., id=Il.:— οἱ ἐν. "one's adversaries", Aesch., etc.:—generally, "opposed to", τινί Soph., Xen.
3. of qualities, acts, etc., "the opposite, contrary, reverse", Aesch., Soph.; mostly c. gen., τὰ ἐν. τούτων "the very reverse" of these things, Hdt., etc.; also c. dat., Aesch.
II. in adv. usages:
1. neut. ἐναντίον, "opposite, face to face", Od., attic:—as prep. c. gen. "in the presence of, before", Lat. coram, c. gen., Soph., Thuc., etc.
b. in hostile sense, "against", c. gen., Il.; also c. dat., id=Il., Eur.
c. "contrariwise", in attic τοὐναντίον, "on the other hand": so also neut. pl. ἐναντία Hdt., Thuc., etc.
2. ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου, "over against, opposite", Lat. ex adverso, e regione, Xen., etc.: so, ἐξ ἐναντίας, ionic -ίης, Hdt., Thuc.
3. regul. adv. ἐναντίως, "contrariwise", c. dat., Aesch.: —also c. gen., Plat.:— ἐν. ἔχειν to be "exactly opposed", Dem.