ἀμφί

See also: αμφι- and αμφί-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ampʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Beekes argues that the Indo-European term originated as a case form of *h₂ent- (“face”), which is the source of ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́).[1]

Cognate with Old English ymb-, Middle 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

 

Preposition

ᾰ̓μφῐ́ • (ămphĭ́) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

  1. [with genitive]
    1. for, for the sake of
    2. about, concerning
    3. around
  2. [with dative]
    1. by, near, around, with
    2. about, on account of, for the sake of
    3. regarding, concerning
  3. [with accusative]
    1. about, around

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμφί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 94-5

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 (2006–2025)
  • “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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