ἈΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΣ, ἀντιπροσωπος
ANTIPROSŌPOS, antiprosōpos
Sounds Like: an-tee-PRO-so-pos
Translations: representative, a representative, deputy, a deputy, proxy, a proxy
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from ἀντί (anti), meaning 'instead of' or 'in place of', and πρόσωπος (prosōpos), meaning 'face' or 'person'. It refers to someone who acts in the place of another, serving as a representative or deputy. It can be used to describe a person who stands in for someone else, or something that is a substitute or equivalent.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΙ — representatives, delegates, opponents, adversaries, those facing
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