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ἀντίπα^λος , ον, (πάλη) properly,
A.wrestling against: hence, antagonist, rival,κράτος .A.Pr.528 (lyr.); “. θεοῖςE.Ba.544 (lyr.): c.gen., “μένος γήραος ἀντίπαλονPi.O.8.71; “γοητείας φάρμακον .AP10.50 (Pall.):—Subst. ἀντίπαλος, , antagonist, rival, adversary, Pi.N.11.26, S.Ant.126 (lyr.): mostly in pl., Hdt.7.236, Ar.Ra.365.1027, Pl. Alc.1.119e, al.; cf. “φθόνος πρὸς τὸ .Th.2.45, etc.; “ δ᾽ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τἀντίπαλονE.Ba.278 (dub.).
2. of things, nearly matched, nearly balanced,ἀπὸ . παρασκευῆςTh.1.91; “. τριήρηςequally large, Id.4.120; “. τινιId.1.11, Pl.Mx.240a; “γνῶμαι μάλιστα . πρὸς ἀλλήλαςTh.3.49; . δέος fear caused by the balance of the power of the parties, mutual fear, ib.11; . ποιναί adequate punishment, E.IT446; ἤθεα . [τῇ πόλει] habits corresponding to . ., Th.261; “ὑμεναίων γόος .E. Alc.922; ἀντίπαλόν τι τῆς ναυμαχίας a point where the action was evenly balanced, Th.7.71, cf. 38, Lys.2.38; ἀντίπαλα καταστῆσαι bring to a state of balance, Th.4.117; εἰς . καταστῆναι to be in such state, Id.7.13. Adv. “-λωςId.8.87: also neut. pl., “ναυμαχήσαντες ἀντίπαλαId.7.34.
II. τὸν ἀμὸν . him who fights for me, my champion, A.Th.417 (lyr.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 528
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 417
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 365.1027
    • Euripides, Alcestis, 922
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 278
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 544
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 446
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.236
    • Lysias, Funeral Oration, 38
    • Plato, Menexenus, 240a
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 126
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.11
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.45
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.49
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.117
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.120
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.71
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.91
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.13
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.87
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.34
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