ἐπι | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

ἐπί is a preposition meaning on, upon, or over; with genitive or dative it marks location (on/at) or regarding (concerning/about), and with accusative it marks motion toward or onto (toward the surface or goal).

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἐπι"

Governs cases: takes accusative, genitive, or dative depending on context

Meaning with accusative: onto, up to, towards (motion onto a surface or towards a goal)

Meaning with genitive: upon, on, over (position or resting upon, sometimes concerning topics)

Meaning with dative: on, at, in addition to (location or time, less common in Classical usage)

Composition: simple preposition; not inflected

Accent note: generally written ἐπί, with an accent (acute on ultima with following word, grave when not enclitic), though in isolation may appear as 'ἐπι'

Related Forms of ἐπί

6 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Epi preposition ἐπὶ preposition epi preposition ἐφ preposition (enclitic form) ἐφ' οὖ prepositional_phrase ἐφ' preposition (contracted form)

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