ἐναντιόομαι

A. ἠναντιούμην Th. 1.127, etc.:—Med., fut. ‐ώσομαι A. Pr. 786, Ar. Pax 1049, etc.:— Pass., fut. ἐναντιωθήσομαι LXX 4 Ma. 5.26, D.H. 4.51: aor. ἠναντιώθην And. 1.67, Pl. Ap. 32b, etc.: pf. ἠναντίωμαι Th. 2.40 codd., etc., but in Ar. Av. 385 the metre requires ἐνηντίωμαι:—set oneself against, oppose, withstand, τινί And. 1.67, cf. Hdt. 7.49, Th. 1.127, Ar. Av. 385, Pax 1049; also ἐ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας Lys. 13.17; ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν Id. 20.8; τινί τινος Th. 1.136, X. An. 7.6.5: abs., Th. 4.21: c. inf., οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν I will not refuse to speak, A. Pr. 786; τοὺς Χορευτὰς ἐναντιούμενος ἡμῖν ἀφεθῆναι τῆς στρατείας D. 21.15.

2. contradict, gainsay, E. Alc. 152; πρός τι Pl. Cra. 39ce, etc.: c.inf., τοῦτο . . μοι ἐ. τὰ πολιτικὰ πράττειν Id. Ap. 31 d: with a neg., τίς ἐναντιώσεται μὴ οὐχὶ . . εἶναι; Id. Smp. 197a.

3. of the wind, to be adverse, οὐκ ἔστι λῃσταῖς πνεῦμ’ ἐναντιούμενον S. Ph. 643; of circumstances, Th. 8.23; ἄνεμοι ἐ. ἀλλήλοις Hp. Aër. 8.

4. τὰ ἐς ἀρετὴν ἐνηντιώμεθα τοῖς πολλοῖς in respect of goodness we are the opposile of most men, Th. 2.40; behave in the opposite way, Meno Iatr. 15.41.

5. Astrol., to be in diametrical aspect, Vett.Val. 126.5. (Act. only in doubtful form ἐναντιόωντα Man. 4.473.)