A.backwards, back, “κατὰ δ᾽ ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε” h.Merc.78; “δεδορκώς” Hes.Sc.145; “ἐς τοὔ. δέδορκεν” S.Ichn.113; “πρόσωπον ἔ. στρέφοντα” E.Hec.343; “τοὔ. ὑποστρέψαντας” X.An.6.6.38; “τὰ ἔ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι” Hdt.9.26; ἄπιμεν ἅπαντες τοὔ. X.An.1.4.15, etc.
II. contrariwise, the opposite way, τοὔ. σπεύδειν, κραίνειν, A.Pr.204, Ag.1424; “λέγειν” S.Tr. 358; ἀνατρέπειν ἔ. turn upside down, E.Ba.348; ἔ. ὑποδεῖσθαι to put on one's shoes contrariwise (i.e. on the wrong feet), Pl.Tht.193c; ἐκ τοὔ. ἤ . . from the opposite side to . ., Th.3.22.
2. c. gen., contrary to, τέρψιος, γνώμας ἔ., Pi.O.12.11, P.12.32; τὰ ἔ. πρήσσων τοῦ πεζοῦ doing the opposite thing to the army, Hdt.7.58; τἄ. τῶνδε the reverse of these things, A.Pers.223; τοὔ. πεσεῖν φρενῶν to be brought to the opposite opinion, E.Hipp.390; “τοὔ. οὗ βούλονται” X.Cyr.8.4.32; folld. by ἤ, Emp.100.20; “γνώμην ἔχω τὰ ἔ. ἢ οὗτοι” Hdt.1.207; “ἤϊσαν τὰ ἔ. ἢ Λακεδαιμόνιοι” Id.9.56.