ἀντίτασις

εως, ἡ

ἀντιτείνω

A. stretching the contrary way, e.g. in the setting of a dislocated limb, Hp. Art. 75.
2. opposition, resistance, πᾶσαν ἀ. ἀντιτείνειν Pl. Lg. 781c.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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