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===preposition===

of [[time]] or [[place]]. [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περί]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφί]] (acc.) (rare [[prose|P.]]). of [[time]], also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατά]] (acc.).

[[about this very time]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπ' αὐτὸν τὸν χρόνον]].

[[near]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρός]] (dat.), [[ἐπί]] (dat.)

[[about one's knees]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφὶ γούνασι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Alcibiades]]'' 947).

[[concerning]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περί]] (acc. or gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφί]] (gen. or dat.).

after verbs expressing [[anxiety]], [[fear]], etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περί]] (dat.), [[ἀμφί]] (dat.), [[ὑπέρ]] (gen.).

[[for the sake of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἕνεκα]] (gen.), [[διά]] (acc.), [[χάριν]] (gen.) ([[Plato]]), [[ὑπέρ]] (gen.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[οὕνεκα]] (gen.), [[ἕκατι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[εἵνεκα]] (gen.).

===adverb===

[[round about]], [[around]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πέριξ]] (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[κύκλῳ]].

[[nearly]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σχεδόν]], [[σχεδόν]] τι.

[[with numbers]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μάλιστα]], ὡς, or use prep., [[prose|P.]] [[ἀμφί]] (acc.), [[περί]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰς]] (acc.).

[[what are you about]]? [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τί πάσχεις]];

[[be about to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]] (infin.).

[[bring it about that]]: see [[effect]].

[[come about]]: see [[happen]].
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