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”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.dɔː.ron/ → /anˈti.ðo.ron/ → /anˈdi.ðo.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.dɔː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.do.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ðo.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ðo.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ðo.ron/

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, w: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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀντίδωρον tò antídōron	τὼ ἀντιδώρω tṑ antidṓrō	τᾰ̀ ἀντίδωρᾰ tằ antídōră
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 tằ antídōră
Vocative	ἀντίδωρον antídōron	ἀντιδώρω antidṓrō	ἀντίδωρᾰ antídōră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ ἀντίδωρον; τοῦ ἀντιδώρου (Koine, Byzantine, Attic)

Related terms

• αντιδωρεά (antidōreá)
• ἀντιδωρέομαι (antidōréomai)
• ἀντιδωροφορέω (antidōrophoréō)

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: αντίδωρον (antídōron)
  • Greek: αντίδωρο (antídoro), ⇒ αντίδερο (antídero)
• → English: antidoron

Further reading

• “ἀντίδωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίδωρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίδωρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)