ἐφ᾽ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Upon, on, or at; also “over” or “in addition to,” marking superposition or accompaniment. With cases it commonly means: genitive “upon/over, in the time of”; dative “on/at, in the presence of”; accusative “onto/against, toward, with a view to.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἐφ᾽"

Lemma: ἐπί

Form as given: ἐφ᾽

Orthography: elision of final -ι before a following vowel; π assimilates to φ before an aspirated sound (rough breathing) in the following word

Governs case: genitive / dative / accusative (depending on meaning and construction)

Function: prepositional prefix meaning broadly 'on, upon, at, over, against, in addition to' (exact nuance depends on the governed case and context)

Related Forms of ἐπί

13 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Epi preposition ἐπι preposition ἐφ' preposition (contracted form) 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

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