"ἐν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /en/, /en/, /en/, /en/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /en/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /en/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /en/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /en/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: en [romanization]
Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, cognate with Latin in, Old Armenian ի (i), English in. The dative is from the PIE locative. The genitive is an innovated Greek associative. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₁én}} *h₁én, {{PIE word|grc|h₁én}} PIE word *h₁én, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*h₁én}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, {{cog|la|in}} Latin in, {{cog|xcl|ի}} Old Armenian ի (i), {{cog|en|in}} English in Head templates: {{grc-preposition|dat|gen|acc}} ἐν • (en) (governs the dative, genitive, and accusative)
  1. (location) (with dative) in, on, at; (with dative plural) among
    (elliptical, with genitive) in the house or the land of
    Tags: accusative, genitive, with-dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-ἐν-grc-prep-Ig~8yd0I Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 43 43 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 39 39 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 43 43 14 Topics: location
  2. (location) (with dative) in, on, at; (with dative plural) among
    surrounded by; wearing
    Tags: accusative, genitive, with-dative
    Sense id: en-ἐν-grc-prep-T2QuTsGS Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 43 43 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 39 39 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 68 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 30 66 4 Topics: location
  3. (time) in, at, or during the time of Tags: accusative, genitive, with-dative Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-ἐν-grc-prep-O6iRwZud Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 43 43 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 39 39 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 43 43 14 Topics: time
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἐνῐ́ (ení), ἐνῑ́ (enī́), ἔνι (éni), εἰν (english: ein), εἰνῐ́ (einí) [Epic], as necessary for meter, ἔν (én) (english: accented), ἐμ (em), ἰν (english: in) Derived forms: ἐν- & compounds (en-)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ἐνῑ́"
    },
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      "word": "as necessary for meter"
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      "word": "ἰν"
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