antitheton

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈti.tʰe.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪt̪ʰɛt̪ɔn]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈti.te.ton/, [än̪ˈt̪iːt̪et̪on]

Noun

antitheton n (genitive antithetī); second declension

  1. (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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