ἀντιδίκων (antidikon)

ἀντιδίκων is an Ancient Greek form of ἀντίδικος, meaning “opponent; adversary in a suit”. It is the genitive plural masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of ἀντιδικέω, “dispute, go to law”. It is the present active participle nominative singular masculine.

Found 38 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Aratus 38.8: ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Φύλαρχος ἱστόρηκε περὶ τούτων, ᾧ μὴ τοῦ Πολυβίου μαρτυροῦντος οὐ πάνυ τι πιστεύειν ἄξιον ἦν. ἐνθουσιᾷ γὰρ ὅταν ἅψηται τοῦ Κλεομένους, ὑπʼ εὐνοίας, καὶ καθάπερ ἐν δίκῃ τῇ ἱστορίᾳ τῷ μὲν ἀντιδικῶν διατελεῖ, τῷ δὲ συναγορεύων.

Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae 5: … έηται φωνῆς ἀλλοτρίας μηδʼ ὥσπερ Ἰφικράτης ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ Ἀριστοφῶντα καταρρητορευόμενος λέγῃ βελτίων μὲν ὁ τῶν ἀντιδίκων ὑποκριτὴς δρᾶμα δὲ τοὐμὸν ἄμεινον μηδὲ πολλάκις δέηται τῶν Εὐριπιδείων ἐκείνων εἴθʼ ἦν ἄφωνον σπέρμα δυστήνων …

All forms of ἀντίδικος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.