επ᾽ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Upon, on, or over (with genitive); at, near, or against (with dative); to, toward, or onto (with accusative). By extension, used to mark the basis or occasion (“on account of,” “in the time of”) and sometimes addition (“in addition to”).

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Grammatical Analysis

"επ᾽"

Form: επ᾽

Lemma: ἐπί

Note on form: elided form before a following word beginning with a vowel or rough breathing (ἐπ᾽ < ἐπί)

Governs: genitive/dative/accusative

Basic functions: {'with_genitive': 'on/upon; over; in the time of (often ‘in the reign of’), depending on context', 'with_dative': 'on/upon; at; in addition to; on the basis of, depending on context', 'with_accusative': 'onto; against; toward; for; with a view to, depending on context'}

Related Forms of ἐπί

14 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Epi preposition ἐφ' preposition (contracted form) ἐπι preposition ἐφ' οὖ prepositional_phrase ἐφ preposition (enclitic form) epi preposition ἐπὶ preposition ἐπ’ preposition (elided form) επι preposition ἐϕ᾽ preposition ἐπί preposition ἐπ᾽ preposition ἐπι preposition ἐφ᾽ preposition (enclitic form with elision)

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