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

10 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

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

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