opposite, Lat. adversus:
1.of Place, over against, opposite, c. dat., Hom.: fronting, face to face, Od., Eur.:—with Verbs of motion, in opposite directions, meeting, Il.
2.in hostile sense, opposing, facing in fight, id=Il., etc.; c. gen., ἐναντίοι Ἀχαιῶν id=Il., etc.: also c. dat., id=Il.:— οἱ ἐν. one's adversaries, Aesch., etc.:—generally, opposed to, τινί Soph., Xen.
3.of qualities, acts, etc., the opposite, contrary, reverse, Aesch., Soph.; mostly c. gen., τὰ ἐν. τούτων the very reverse of these things, Hdt., etc.; also c. dat., Aesch.
II.in adv. usages:
1.neut. ἐναντίον, opposite, face to face, Od., attic:—as prep. c. gen. in the presence of, before, Lat. coram, c. gen., Soph., Thuc., etc.
b.in hostile sense, against, c. gen., Il.; also c. dat., id=Il., Eur.
c.contrariwise, in attic τοὐναντίον, on the other hand: so also neut. pl. ἐναντία Hdt., Thuc., etc.
