ἀμφί

See also: αμφι- and αμφί-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (round about, around). 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

 

Preposition

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

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

Further reading

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