ἀμφί

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See also: αμφι- and αμφί-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀμφ’ (amph’) — apocopic
ἀμφίς (amphís)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ampʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Beekes argues that it originated as a case form of h₂ent-, "face," which is the source of ἀντί.

Cognate with Old English ymb-, modern English umbe, Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Old Irish imb (“around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi/

Preposition

ἀμφί • (amphí) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

1. for, for the sake of
2. about, concerning
3. around
1. by, near, around, with
2. about, on account of, for the sake of
3. regarding, concerning
1. about, around

Further reading

“ἀμφί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀμφί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀμφί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἀμφί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀμφί in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἀμφί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“ἀμφί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- about idem, page 2.
- around idem, page 40.
- concerning idem, page 155.
- fear idem, page 312.
- for idem, page 334.
- near idem, page 553.
- nearly idem, page 553.
- of idem, page 569.
- round idem, page 722.
- towards idem, page 884.

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