antitheton

Latin

Alternative forms

antithetum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivized neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈti.tʰe.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪt̪ʰɛt̪ɔn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈti.te.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪iːt̪et̪on]

Noun

antitheton n (genitive antithetī); second declension

(rhetoric) antithet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antitheton	antitheta
Genitive	antithetī	antithetōrum
Dative	antithetō	antithetīs
Accusative	antitheton	antitheta
Ablative	antithetō	antithetīs
Vocative	antitheton	antitheta

Descendants

Italian: antiteto

References

“antitheton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
antitheton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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