Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφί ‎(amphí)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /amɸís/

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

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

Adverb

ἀμφίς (amphis)

1. on both sides
2. around
3. apart, asunder
4. separately
5. between

Preposition

ἀμφίς (+ genitive) (amphis)

1. around
2. apart from, far from

Usage notes

While ἀμφίς is technically simply an alternative spelling of ἀμφί, in practice the former generally functions as an adverb, and the latter as a preposition. Both are largely replaced by περί in later Greek.

References

• ἀμφίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμφίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφίς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀμφίς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀμφίς» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἀμφίς» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἀμφίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter