ἄντα, ἄντ̓ (cf. ἀντί): adv. and prep., opposite, over
against;
ἄντα τιτύσκεσθαι, aim
‘straight forward;’ ἄντα
ἰδὼν ἠλεύατο χάλκεον ἔγχος,
Il. 13.184;
ἄντα μάχεσθαι, ‘with the enemy;’
στῆ δ᾽ ἄντα σχομένη, halted and
‘faced’ him, Od.
6.141
; θεοῖσιν ἄντα ἐῴκει, ‘in
visage,’ Il. 24.630 (cf.
ἄντην); as prep., w. gen., Ἤλιδος ἄντα, over against,
Il. 2.626
; ἄντα παρεια?ων σχομένη λιπαρὰ
κρήδεμνα, ‘before’ her cheeks, Od. 1.334
; ἄντα σέθεν, Od. 4.160; and freq. in hostile sense, θεοὶ ἄντα θεῶν ἴσαν,
Il. 20.75; Διὸς
ἄντα πτολεμίζειν, Il.
8.428, etc.