ἀντιστοιχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντῐ́στοιχος (antístoikhos, ranged opposite in rows or pairs) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ἀντῐ- (anti-, across) + στείχω (steíkhō, march in line).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀντῐστοιχῐ́ᾱ (antistoikhíā) f (genitive ἀντῐστοιχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. the state or condition of standing opposite in pairs
  2. (of letters, grammar) correspondence of the voiceless unaspirated (π, τ, κ), voiceless aspirated (φ, θ, χ), and voiced (β, δ, γ) stops
    • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 11.501b

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: antistoechia

References

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