ἀντί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. Cognates include English and, Latin ante, Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), and Old Armenian ընդ (ənd).

Pronunciation

 

Preposition

ἀντί (antí) (governs the genitive)

  1. over against, opposite
  2. at the same time as
  3. in exchange for, in place of
  4. at the price of, in return for
  5. for the sake of, for
  6. instead of
  7. compared with

Descendants

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