A.opposing force to force: as Adj. in Hom. only in the phrase ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι with wrangling words, Il.1.304, Od.18.415, etc.; “ἀ. ὅμιλος” hostile, Tryph.624.
2. as Adv., ἀντίβιον, = ἀντιβίην, ἀ. μαχέσασθαι Il.3.20; Μενελάῳ ἀντίβιον . . πολεμίζειν ib.435; “εἰ μὲν ἀντίβιον . . πειρηθείης” 11.386.