ἀντί
Perseus. "over against, opposite. c. gen."
c. gen. orig.:— sense "over against, opposite."
A. Usage,
1. of Place, "instead, in the place of", Hom., etc.
2. "as good as, equal to", ἀντὶ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστίν he is "as good as" many men, Il.; ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου Od.
3. "at the price of, for", ἀντὶ χρημάτων "for" money paid, Hdt., etc.
4. "for the sake of", Soph.
5. to mark comparison, ἓν ἀνθ᾽ ἑνός one "set against" the other, "compared with" it, Plat.: so, after Comparatives, πλέον ἀντὶ σοῦ Soph.; also (esp. after a negative), ἄλλος ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ Aesch.
B. Position: ἀντί rarely follows its case, and then does not suffer anastrophe.
C. IN COMPOS.,
1. "over against, opposite", as ἀντίπορος.
2. "against, in opposition to, as" ἀντιλέγω.
3. "in return", as ἀντιβοηθέω.
4. "instead", as ἀντήνωρ.
5. "equal to, like", as ἀντίθεος.
6. "counter", as ἀντίτυπος.