antitheton

== Latin == === Alternative forms === antithetum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivized neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [anˈtɪ.tʰɛ.tɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [anˈtiː.te.ton] === Noun === antitheton n (genitive antithetī); second declension (rhetoric) antithet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Descendants ==== Italian: antiteto === References === “antitheton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “antitheton”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.