ἀντί·ϐιος, α, ον, adverse, contraire, IL. 1, 304 ; OD. 18, 415 ; adv. ἀντίϐιον, IL. 3, 20, etc. en face ; acc. fém. ion. ἀντιϐίην, IL. 1, 278, en face de, contre, dat.

Étym. ἀντί, βία.

α, ον, also ος, ον ; (< βία): — opposing force to force; as Adj. in Hom. only in the phrase ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι with wrangling words, Il. 1.304, Od. 18.415, etc. ; ἀ. ὅμιλος hostile, Tryph. 624. Subst., enemy, Jul. Caes. 319b (anap.), Nonn. D. 2.508, al., Oppian. H. 5.114. as Adv., ἀντίβιον, = ἀντιβίην, ἀ. μαχέσασθαι Il. 3.20; Μενελάῳ ἀντίβιον… πολεμίζειν ib. 435; εἰ μὲν ἀντίβιον… πειρηθείης 11.386.

(βία), Gewalt gegen Gewalt setzend, entgegenkämpfend, Hom. ἀντιβίοισιν ἐπέεσσι μάχεσθαι, καθάπτεσθαι, Il. 1.304, Od. 18.415 ; adverbial, ἀντίβιον μάχεσθαι Il. 3.20 u. öfter ; ἀντιβίᾳ in Prosa.