Definify.com

Definition 2024


ἀντιστοιχία

ἀντιστοιχία

Ancient Greek

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
    • 250–350 BC, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 11.501b

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: antistoechia

References