ἀντίδωρον

See also: αντίδωρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντι- (anti-, “in exchange; in return; instead of”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) from Proto-Hellenic *dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom; cf. verb ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai, “to donate, exchange, present in return, offer instead”).

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Noun

ἀντίδωρον • (antídōron) n (genitive ἀντίδωρου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. return-gift; a present donated or offered in return or in exchange; compensation, remuneration, recompense, reciprocation
    Synonym: αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
  2. (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism) antidoron; morsel of blessed bread from the remains of the Eucharist offering distributed to members of the congregation in churches that use the Byzantine Rite liturgy

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀντίδωρον; τοῦ ἀντιδώρου (Koine, Byzantine, Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἀντίδωρον
tò antídōron		 τὼ ἀντιδώρω
tṑ antidṓrō		 τᾰ̀ ἀντίδωρᾰ
tà antídōra
Genitive τοῦ ἀντιδώρου
toû antidṓrou		 τοῖν ἀντιδώροιν
toîn antidṓroin		 τῶν ἀντιδώρων
tôn antidṓrōn
Dative τῷ ἀντιδώρῳ
tôi antidṓrōi		 τοῖν ἀντιδώροιν
toîn antidṓroin		 τοῖς ἀντιδώροις
toîs antidṓrois
Accusative τὸ ἀντίδωρον
tò antídōron		 τὼ ἀντιδώρω
tṑ antidṓrō		 τᾰ̀ ἀντίδωρᾰ
tà antídōra
Vocative ἀντίδωρον
antídōron		 ἀντιδώρω
antidṓrō		 ἀντίδωρᾰ
antídōra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
  • ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai)
  • ἀντιδωροφορέω (antidōrophoréō)

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