-φι

φι Appendix:Variations of "fi" Ancient Greek Alternative forms grc -φῐν movable nu Etymology From the grc ine-pro - instrumental plural inflection ine-pro *-bʰi *-bʰi(s), reanalyzed as a suffix. Cognate with sa भिस् -bhis plural instrumental marker, xcl -ւ instrumental. Pronunciation -φῐ Suffix grc suffix -φῐ grc Epic Creates a transnumeral case-form used with several different meanings: instrumental grc Od. 9 407 408 τοὺς δ’ αὖτ’ ἐξ ἄντρου προσέφη κρατερὸς Πολύφημος·ὦ φίλοι, Οὖτίς με κτείνει δόλῳ οὐδὲ βίηφιν. Mighty Polyphemus addressed [the other Cyclopes] back out of his cave:"Friends, No One [i.e., Odysseus] is killing me by neither cunning nor force." grc Od. 4 704 705 τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε δακρυόφιν πλῆσθεν [Penelope]'s two eyes filled with tears locative grc Od. 9 237 239 αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’ εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε πίονα μῆλα,πάντα μάλ’, ὅσσ’ ἤμελγε, τὰ δ’ ἄρσενα λεῖπε θύρηφιν,ἀρνειούς τε τράγους τε, βαθείης ἔντοθεν αὐλῆς. And [Polyphemus] drove into the wide cave his fat sheep,all of them that he would milk, but left the males at the door, the rams and billy-goats, inside the deep courtyard. ablative, often with the prepositions grc ἐκ and grc ἀπό grc Od. 2 1 3 ὤρνυτ’ ἄρ’ ἐξ εὐνῆφιν Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱός Odysseus's son awoke and got out of bed grc rare genitive grc Il. 5 41 διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε and drove it through his chest grc rare dative grc Od. 3 110 Πάτροκλος, θεόφιν μήστωρ ἀτάλαντος Patroclus, a counselor equal to the gods Derived terms grc References 280 William Bedell Stanford (1959) [1947]. "Introduction, Grammatical Introduction". Homer: Odyssey I-XII 1 (2nd ed.). Macmillan Education Ltd. p. lx.