A.“ἀντιλέξω” E.Hipp.993, Ar.Ra.998, Lys.8.10 (but the common fut. is ἀντερῶ): aor. “ἀντέλεζα” S.OT409, Ar.Nu.1040 (but the aor. commonly used is ἀντεῖπον): pf. ἀντείρηκα: fut. Pass. ἀντειρήσομαι:—speak against, gainsay, contradict, “τινί” Th.5.30, Pl.Smp.216b, X.Mem.4.6.13, etc.; “περί τινος” Th.8.53, X.Mem.4.4.8; ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων ib.3.5.12; “πρός τι” 1.2.17; “πρός πάντα τὰ δίκαια” Ar.Nu.888:—often folld. by a dependent clause, ἀ. ὡς . . declare in opposition or answer that . ., “χρησμοῖσι οὐκ ἔχω ἀντιλέγειν ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ ἀληθέες” Hdt.8.77, cf. Ar.Eq. 980, Th.8.24, X.An.2.3.25, etc.; “οὐ τοῦτό γ᾽ ἀντιλέγουσιν, ὡς οὐ . .” Arist.Pol.1287b23; also “ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ὡς . .” Th.8.45: so c. inf., ἀ. ποιήσειν ταῦτα, ἤν . . to reply that they will . ., if . ., Id.1.28; “ἀ. μὴ κτεῖναι Μυτιληναίους” Id.3.41; “ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ἀξιοῦσθαί τινα” X.Cyr.2.2.20.
2. c. acc. rei, “ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι” S.OT409; “ἀ. τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον” Lys.8.11; μῦθον ἀ. τινί tell one tale in reply to another, Ar.Lys.806; “ἀντιλέγομεν πρᾶγμά τι” Men.Epit.8:—Pass., to be disputed, questioned, X.HG6.5.37; of a place, ὑπό τινος ἀντιλεγόμενον counter-claimed, ib.3.2.30; “ἀντιλέγεσθαι μικρὸν πρός τινα περί τινος” D.27.15; “τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα” points in dispute, Aeschin.2.44; πρὸς τὰ ἀντειρημένα κτλ., title of work by Chrysippus, Stoic.2.8; τόπος ἀντιλλεγόμενος (sic) IG5(2).443.15 (Megalopolis, ii B.C.): abs., “-λέγεται περί τινος” Str.8.6.6; of the genuineness of literary works, to be disputed, Plu.2.839c.
3. abs., speak in opposition, Hdt.9.42, E.Hipp.993, Ar.Ra.1076, etc.; “ὁ ἀντιλέγων” the opponent, Pl.Prt.335a; “οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες” Th.8.53; “λαὸς ἀπειθῶν καὶ -λέγων” LXXIs.65.2.
