"εἰς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εἰς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /eːs/, /is/, /is/, /eːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /is/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /is/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /is/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /is/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: eis [romanization], ἐς [alternative], ἐνς [alternative, Doric]
Etymology: From earlier ἐνς (ens), as attested in Doric, from Proto-Hellenic *en-s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”), from which also ἐν (en, “in, at, on”). Possibly created to contrast with ἐν (en) as the result of analogy with the pair ἐκ (ek) / ἐξ (ex), of which the latter is the older form (see *h₁éǵʰs); the -/s/ in ἐξ (ex) is ultimately from the PIE genitive–ablative marker *-(e)s. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*ens|*en-s}} Proto-Hellenic *en-s, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₁én||in}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) Head templates: {{grc-preposition|acc}} εἰς • (eis) (governs the accusative)
  1. into Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-εἰς-grc-prep-a4R6DtCy Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 50 50
  2. to Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-εἰς-grc-prep-Zj6hv~~l Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: εἰς ὄνῠχᾰ (eis ónŭkhă)
Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Alternative forms

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