Ἄντιφος

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COMPOUND: Ἄντιφος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+N]
MEANING: ‘Antiphus’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀντί ‘over against, opposite, in opposition to’ + φόνοςmurder, slaughter’???
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 678, 864; XI, 101, 104, 109; Od. II, 19; XVII, 68
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. sg, acc. sg.,
HEADEDNESS: exocentric   
CLASSIFICATION: determinative (karmadhāraya) ?
NOTES: Uncertain etymology. Probably the same of Ἀντίφονος (cf. post-homeric adj. ἀντίφονος, ον ‘in revenge for blood’)