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ἀντιτίθημι (pres. part.
A.“-τιθοῦντας” Ps.-Callisth.1.29), set against or so as to oppose, “θαλασσαίαισι δίναις ἀντιθέντα μένος στάλας” Simon.57 (dub.).
b. set against so as to balance, contrast, or compare, “τὠυτὸ ἀντιθήσω ἐκείνῳ” Hdt.1.207, cf. 8.66; “δύο γὰρ ἀντίθες δυοῖν” E.Or.551: also c. gen., “ἀ. τὴν Ἀθηναίων ἐκ πολλοῦ ἐμπειρίαν τῆς σφετέρας ἐξ ὀλίγου μελέτης” Th.2.85, cf. 3.56: with a Prep., “ἀ. τι πρός τι” D.21.175:— Pass., to be contrasted, τινί or πρός τι, Pl.Sph.257d,258e.
2. ἀ. τινί τινα match one against the other in battle, “ἴσους ἴσοισι . . ἀντιθείς” E.Ph. 750, cf. Ar.Eq.353:—Pass., to be matched one against another, of counteracting tendencies, Hdt.4.50; of opposing motives, Id.8.83.
3. retort, rejoin, “ἀντίθες παρρησίᾳ ὅπως . .” E.El.1049; “ἀντιθεῖσ᾽ ἀμείψομαι” Id.Tr.917; “ἀ. ὅτι . .” Th.6.18.
4. intr., oppose, resist, “πρὸς τὸν Δία” Arr.Epict.3.24.24, etc.
II. place or deposit in return, “ἀντιθέντας ἐν ναοῖς ἢ χαλκὸν ἢ . .” E.Hipp.620, cf. X.Mem.3.14.1; ἀ. τί τινος give one thing for another, “τήν ἐνθάδ᾽ Αὖλιν ἀντιθεῖσα τῆς ἐκεῖ” E. IT358.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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