ἐπὶ τῷ
Lemma: ἐπί
Definition
On, upon; over, at, by (of place). As a preposition with the genitive it commonly means “on/upon, in the time of, in the case of”; with the dative “on, at, in addition”; with the accusative “onto, against, up to, for (with a view to).”
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"ἐπὶ τῷ"
Ἐπὶ: {'part_of_speech': 'preposition', 'governs': 'genitive/dative/accusative (case here: dative, by agreement with τῷ)', 'function': "takes the dative here; commonly expresses position/rest ('on, upon, at') or basis/condition depending on context"}
Τῷ: {'part_of_speech': 'definite article (often used substantively)', 'case': 'dative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'neuter (form also identical to masculine dative singular)', 'declension': 'article/pronominal declension', 'note': "in the phrase ἐπὶ τῷ the article is typically neuter and functions substantively ('on/at the fact that..., on condition that...'), though the same form could be masculine if modifying an expressed masculine noun in context"}
Related Forms of ἐπί
16 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: