Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /amɸí/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ãfí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /afí/

Preposition

ἀμφί (+ genitive) (amphi)

1. for, for the sake of
2. about, concerning
3. around

ἀμφί (+ dative) (amphi)

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

ἀμφί (+ accusative) (amphi)

1. about, around

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• 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 883.