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|Definition=poet. [[ἐνί]], [[εἰν]], [[εἰνί]] (<span class="bibl">Il.8.199</span>, etc.), forms used by Ep. and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Trag., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[εἰν]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1241</span>; [[εἰνί]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>893</span>: Arc. and Cypr. [[ἰν]] <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).3.5, al., <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>135.9 H., al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">0-0</span>PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, [[in]], [[into]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> WITH DAT. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> OF PLACE, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[in]], νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ <span class="bibl">Od.1.50</span>; ἐν δώμασ' ἐμοῖσιν <span class="bibl">Il.6.221</span>; ἐνὶ προθύροισιν <span class="bibl">11.777</span>; κοίλῃσ' ἐνὶ νηυσί <span class="bibl">Od.2.27</span>; with names of cities or islands, as <b class="b3">ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.549</span>, <span class="bibl">162</span>; ἡ ἐν Κερκύρᾳ ναυμαχία <span class="bibl">Th.1.57</span>; ἡ ἐν Σαλαμῖνι μάχη <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.147</span> (but in Att. the Prep.is sts.omitted, as with [[Ἐλευσῖνι]], [[Μαραθῶνι]]; where [[ἐν]] is used, it = [[in the district of]]... ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1028.11, <b class="b3">ἐμ Μαραθῶνι</b> ib.1243.21): <b class="b3">ἐν χερσὶν ἐμῇσι</b> [[in]] my arms, <span class="bibl">Il.22.426</span>; ἐνὶ θυμῷ <span class="bibl">Od.16.331</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι</b> to be [[in]] one's senses, be oneself, <b class="b3">ἔτ' ἐν σαυτῷ</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -[[τοῦ]]) γενοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>950</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐν αὑτοῦ</b>, cf. signf. <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν</b> [[in]] the fish-market, <span class="bibl">Antiph.125</span>; ἐν τῷ μύρῳ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1375</span>; so <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν</b> [[in]] the two-obol seats, <span class="bibl">D.18.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> elliptic, in such phrases as ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο <span class="bibl">Od.7.132</span>, cf.<span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>2.21, etc.; εἰν Ἀΐδαο <span class="bibl">Il.22.389</span>, Att. <b class="b3">ἐν Ἅιδου</b> (v. [[Ἅιδης]]): later ἐν τοῖς τινός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 38.1</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>2.49</span>; ἐν ἡμετέρου <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.35</span>, <span class="bibl">7.8</span>.δ'; ἐμ Πανδίονος <span class="title">IG</span>22.1138.8; <b class="b3">ἐν Δημοτιωνιδῶν</b> ib.2.841b21; <b class="b3">ἐν τῶν πόλεων</b> ib. 12.56.14: mostly with pr.n., but sometimes with Appellatives, as, ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρός <span class="bibl">Il.6.47</span>; ἐν ἀνδρὸς εὐσεβεστάτου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>926</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν παιδοτρίβου, ἐν κιθαριστοῦ</b>, [[at the school of]]... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>973</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>206a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν γειτόνων</b> (v. [[γείτων]]) <b class="b3"> ἐν αὑτοῦ</b> ([[αὑτῷ]] cod. Rav.) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>642</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>125</span>; οὐκέτ' ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ ἦν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>155d</span>; ἐν ὑμῶν αὐτῶν γένεσθε <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span> 35.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[in]], [[within]], [[surrounded by]], οὐρανὸς ἐν αἰθέρι καὶ νεφέλῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.15.192</span>; after Hom., of clothing, armour, etc., ἐν ἐσθῆτι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.159</span>; ἐν πεπλώματι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>613</span>; ἐν ἔντεσι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>4.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ὅπλοισι</b> [[in]] or [[under]] arms, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.13</span>, etc.; also of particular kinds of arms, <b class="b3">ἐν τόξοις, ἀκοντίοις</b>, etc., [[equipped with]] them, dub.in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.2</span>; ἐν μαχαίρῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span> 16.14</span> (ii B. C.); ἐν μεγάλοις φορτίοις βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.14</span>; ἐν βαθεῖ πώγωνι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[on]], [[at]] or [[by]], ἐν ποταμῷ <span class="bibl">Il. 18.521</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.466</span>; ἐν ὄρεσσιν <span class="bibl">19.205</span>; οὔρεος ἐν κορυφῇς <span class="bibl">Il.2.456</span>; ἐν θρόνοις <span class="bibl">Od.8.422</span>; <b class="b3">νευρὴ ἐν τόξῳ</b> the string [[on]] the bow, <span class="bibl">Il.15.463</span>; ἐν [ξίφει] ἧλοι <span class="bibl">11.29</span>; <b class="b3">κατεκλάσθη ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος</b> was broken off [[at]] or [[by]] the shaft, <span class="bibl">13.608</span>; ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>296</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν οἴνῳ</b> [[at]] wine, prob. in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[in the number of]], [[amongst]], freq.in Hom., <b class="b3">ἐν Δαναοῖσι, προμάχοισι, μέσσοισιν, νεκύεσσι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.109</span>, <span class="bibl">3.31</span>, <span class="bibl">7.384</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 12.383</span>, al.; οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν <span class="bibl">Il. 1.398</span>; and with Verbs of ruling, ἐν δ' ἄρα τοῖσιν ἦρχ' <span class="bibl">13.689</span>; ἀνδράσιν ἐν πολλοῖσι . . ἀνάσσων <span class="bibl">Od.19.110</span>; φῦλον ἐν ἀνθρώποισι ματαιότατον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.21</span>; ἐν τοῖς οἰκείοισιν ἀνὴρ χρηστός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>661</span>; ἐν γυναιξὶν ἄλκιμος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>754</span>:—for <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς</b> c. Sup., V. ὁ. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[in the presence of]], ἐν πᾶσι <span class="bibl">Od.2.194</span>; πτωχὸς ὢν ἐν ἐσθλοῖσιν λέγειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 703</span>; λέγοντες ἐν τῷ δήμῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>565b</span>; μακρηγορεῖν ἐν εἰδόσι <span class="bibl">Th.2.36</span>; ἔλεγον ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα <span class="bibl">Lys.12.6</span>; ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.21</span>; <b class="b3">λέγειν ἐν ἀνδράσιν</b> (of a woman) <span class="bibl">Lys.32.11</span>; of a trial, <b class="b3">διαγωνίζεσθαι, διαδικάζεσθαι ἔν τισι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>464d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>916b</span>; προὐκαλούμην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς δικασταῖς <span class="bibl">Antipho6.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[in one's hands]], [[within one's reach]] or [[within one's power]], νίκης πείρατ' ἔχονται ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι <span class="bibl">Il.7.102</span>; δύναμις γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν <span class="bibl">Od.10.69</span> (comp. the Homeric phrases θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται <span class="bibl">Il.17.514</span>; ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τέλος πολέμου <span class="bibl">16.630</span>); freq. in Hdt. and Att., <b class="b3">ἔστιν ἔν τινι</b>, c. inf., it depends [[on]] him to... rests [[with]] him to... ἔστιν ἐν σοὶ ἢ . . ἤ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.85</span>, etc.; ταῦτα δ' ἐν τῷ δαίμονι καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἁτέρᾳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1443</span>; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>314</span>; ἐν σοὶ δ' ἐσμὲν καὶ ζῆν καὶ μή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>278</span>; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ πράγματα ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Th.1.74</span>; ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν, οὐκ ἐμοί <span class="bibl">D.18.193</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ εἰσὶν πᾶσαι αἱ ἀποδείξεις</b> depend [[on]] this, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>354e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ λύεται ἡ ἀπορία ἢ ἄλλοθι οὐδαμοῦ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">321e</span>; <b class="b3">ἔν γ' ἐμοί</b> so far as rests [[with]] me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>153</span> (lyr.); ἐν δὲ σοὶ λελείψομαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>324</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐν ἐμοί</b> [[in]] my judgement, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1214</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐν θεοῖς καλά</b> [[in the eyes of]] the gods, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>925</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[in respect of]], ἐν πάντεσσ' ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα <span class="bibl">Il.23.671</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν γήρᾳ σύμμετρός τινι</b> [[in point of]] age... <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1112</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἐμοὶ θρασύς</b> [[in]] my case, [[towards]] me, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1315</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν θανοῦσιν ὑβριστής</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1092</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις μάθησις</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>190d</span>; also <b class="b3">οὐδὲν δεινὸν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ στῇ</b> stop [[with]] me, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> in a pregnant construction with Verbs of motion, [[into]]; implying both [[motion to]] and subsequent [[position in]] a place, <b class="b3">ἐν κονίῃσι χαμαὶ πέσεν</b> [[fell]] [to the dust and lay] [[in]] it, <span class="bibl">Il.4.482</span>, etc.; βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι <span class="bibl">5.588</span>; νηῒ δ' ἐνὶ πρύμνῃ ἔναρα θῆκ' <span class="bibl">10.570</span>; ἐν χερσὶ τιθέναι <span class="bibl">1.441</span>, etc.; ἐν χερσὶ βαλεῖν <span class="bibl">5.574</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βαλεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">513</span>; ἐν Τρωσὶν ὄρουσαν <span class="bibl">16.258</span>; ἐν χερσὶ πεσέειν <span class="bibl">6.81</span>; λέων ἐν βουσὶ θορών <span class="bibl">5.161</span>; ἐν δ' οἶνον ἔχευεν ἐν δέπαϊ χρυσέῳ <span class="bibl">Od.20.261</span>; ἐν τεύχεσσιν ἔδυνον <span class="bibl">Il.23.131</span>: in Trag. and Att., ἐν ποίμναις πίτνων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>184</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">374</span> (lyr.); ἐν χωρίῳ ἐμπεπτωκώς <span class="bibl">Th.7.87</span>; ἡ ἐν τῷ Σπειραίῳ τῶν νεῶν καταφυγή <span class="bibl">Id.8.11</span>; ἐν τόπῳ καταπεφευγέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>260c</span>; ἐν ᾅδου διαπορευθείς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>905b</span>; ῥιπτοῦντες σφᾶς ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.19.4</span>; later, with Verbs of [[coming]] and [[going]], διαβάντες ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ <span class="bibl">Paus.7.4.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">To.</span>5.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.11.32</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">τὸν ἐν Σικελίᾳ πλοῦν</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Lys. 19.43</span> codd. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">πίνειν ἐν ποτηρίῳ</b> to drink [[from]] a cup, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 6.2</span>; ἐν ἀργύρῳ πίνειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>26</span>; ἐν μικροῖς <span class="bibl">D.L.1.104</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">ἄργυρος ἐν ἐκπώμασι</b> silver [[in the form of]] plate, Plu.2.260a; <b class="b3">ἐμ φέρνῃ, ἐν θέματι</b>, [[as]] a dowry, pledge, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>1p.37</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>120.125</span> (i B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">11</span> in citations, <b class="b3">ἐν τοῦ σκήπτρου τῇ παραδόσει</b> [[in]] the passage of the Il. describing this, <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>33b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> OF STATE, CONDITION or POSITION: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of outward circumstances, ἐν πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Od.10.553</span>; ἐν δαιτί <span class="bibl">Il.4.259</span>; ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ <span class="bibl">9.378</span>; ἐν μοίρῃ <span class="bibl">Od.22.54</span>; οὑμὸς ἐν φάει βίος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1281</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν γένει εἶναί τινι</b> to be related to... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1016</span>; of occupations, pursuits, <b class="b3">ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εἶναι</b> to be engaged [[in]] philosophy, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>59a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>489b</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν ποιήσι γενόμενοι</b> poets, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.82</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι</b> ministers of state, <span class="bibl">Th.3.28</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τέλει</b> the magistrates, <span class="bibl">Id.7.73</span>, etc.; τοὺς ἐν ταῖς μοναρχίαις ὄντας <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.5</span>; ὁ ἐν ταῖς προσόδοις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>1p.62</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μάντις ἦν ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ</b> [[in the practice of]] it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>562</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of inward states, of feeling, etc., <b class="b3">ἐν φιλότητι, ἐν δοιῇ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.7.302</span>,<span class="bibl">9.230</span>; ἐν φόβῳ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>578e</span>; οὐκ ἐν αἰσχύνῃ τὰ σά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1276</span>; ἐν σιωπῇ τἀμά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1397</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν τινά</b> to make him the object of one's anger, <span class="bibl">Th.2.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἔριδι εἶναι</b> ibid.; <b class="b3">ἐν αἰτίᾳ σχεῖν τινά</b> to blame him, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.106</span>; ἐν αἰτίᾳ βαλεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>656</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι</b> to have the blame, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 2.8.9</span>, etc.; οἱ ἐν ταῖς αἰτίαις <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> freq. with neut. Adj., <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b>, = [[βραχέως]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>673</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τάχει</b>, = [[ταχέως]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>765</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν καλῷ ἐστί</b>, = [[καλῶς ἔχει]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>971</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ</b> ([[ἐστί]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span> 762</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν εὐμαρεῖ</b> ([[ἐστί]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1227</span>; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.154</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἴσῳ</b>, = [[ἴσως, ἐν ὁμοίῳ]], = [[ὁμοίως]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>: less freq. in plural, <b class="b3">ἐν ἀργοῖς</b>, = [[ἀργῶς]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>287</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κενοῖς</b>, = [[κενῶς]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>971</span>: with a Subst., <b class="b3">ἐν δίκᾳ</b>, = [[δικαίως]], opp. <b class="b3">παρὰ δίκαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1069</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>475c</span>, al.; ἦσαν οὐκέτι ὁμοίως ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες <span class="bibl">Th.1.99</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Epin.</span>977b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> OF THE INSTRUMENT, MEANS or MANNER, ἐν πυρὶ πρήσαντες <span class="bibl">Il.7.429</span>; δῆσαι ἐνὶ δεσμῷ <span class="bibl">5.386</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.12.54</span>, etc.; but in most cases the orig. sense may be traced, to put [[in]] the fire and burn, [[in]] fetters and bind, etc.; so ἐν πόνοις δαμέντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>425</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἔζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">462</span>; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>414</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν</b> or <b class="b3">ἐν ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶσθαι, ἰδέσθαι</b>, to see [[with]] or [[before]] one's eyes, i.e. have the object [[in]] one's eye, <span class="bibl">Il.3.306</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.385</span>, etc.; ἔν τε τῇ ὄψει διαγιγνώσκειν καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀκοῇ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>206a</span>; also ἐν ὠσὶ νωμῶν ὄρνιθας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>25</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐν λιταῖς</b> [[by]] prayers, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>60</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δόλῳ</b> [[by]] deceit, ib.<span class="bibl">102</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν λόγοις</b> [[by]] words, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>613</span> (lyr.); ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ προφάσει ταύτῃ <span class="bibl">Lys.13.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.59</span>; ψαύειν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>961</span> (lyr.); ἐν τοῖς ὁμοίοις νόμοις ποιήσαντες τὰς κρίσεις <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>; esp. with Verbs of showing, σημαίνειν ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ οἰωνοῖς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.3</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ πραχθέντα . . ἐν . . ἐπιστολαῖς ἴστε</b> ye know [[by]] letters, <span class="bibl">Th.7.11</span>; ἐν τῇδε ῥάβδῳ πάντα ποιήσεις <span class="bibl">Ezek.<span class="title">Exag.</span>132</span>, cf. <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.108. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of a personal instrument, ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> OF TIME, ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ <span class="bibl">Il.16.643</span>; ἐν νυκτί <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.69</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Smp.</span>1.9</span>; ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>235</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>88</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῷ χρόνῶ</b>) [[in]] this space of time, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.126</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν ᾧ</b> (sc. [[χρόνῳ]]) [[during the time]] that, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>929</span>, etc. (also ἐν οἷς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>391a2</span>); ἐν ὅσῳ <span class="bibl">Th.3.28</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς</b> [[in the time of]] the truce, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.1</span>; ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ <span class="bibl">Th.7.73</span> (but in some phrases the [[ἐν]] is omitted, as [[μυστηρίοις]] [[in the course of]] the mysteries, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1013</span>; [[τραγῳδοῖς]] [[at the performance of]]... <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.36</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ἄρχοντι Μητροδώρῳ</b> [[during]] the archonship of M., <span class="title">IG</span>7.1773 (Thebes, ii A. D.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἄρχοντι Σύλλᾳ</b> ib.3.113. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[in]], [[within]], ἐν ἡμέρῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.126</span>; ἐν ἔτεσι πεντήκοντα <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>; ἐν τρισὶ μησί <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.37</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μυρίαις ἐν ἁμέραις</b> [[in]], i.e. [[after]], countless days, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>305</span> (lyr.); ἐν ἡμέραις πολλαῖς νοσῆσαι <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span>9.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> OF NUMBERS generally, <b class="b3">ἐν δυσὶ σταδίοις</b> [[within]] two stadia, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.39</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Th.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with [[genitive]] of price, ἐν δύο ταλάντων <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>16.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[amounting to]], προῖκα ἐν δραχμαῖς ἐννακοσίαις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>970.14</span> (ii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> WITH Acc., [[into]], [[on]], [[for]], Arc. ἰν, νόμος ἰν ἄματα πάντα <span class="title">IG</span>5 (2).5; <b class="b3">γράψαι ἐν χάλκωμα</b> ib.511; <b class="b3">ἐν πελτοφόρας ἀπεγράψατο</b> ib.7.210 (Aegosthenae), etc.; also poet., ἐν πάντα νόμον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.86</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> WITHOUT CASE, AS ADVERB, in the phrase <b class="b3">ἐν δέ . .</b>, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[and therein]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.361</span>; ἐν μέν . . ἐν δέ <span class="bibl">Od.13.244</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[and among them]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.588</span>, etc.; in Hdt., mostly <b class="b3">ἐν δὲ δή</b> . . <span class="bibl">3.39</span>, <span class="bibl">5.95</span>; or ἐν δὲ καί . . <span class="bibl">2.43</span>,<span class="bibl">172</span>,<span class="bibl">176</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[and besides]], [[moreover]] (not in Att. Prose), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 675</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>181</span> (lyr.), al.; ἐν δ' ὑπέρας τε κάλους τε πόδας τ' ἐνέδησεν ἐν αὐτῇ <span class="bibl">Od.5.260</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[ἔνι]], = [[ἔνεστι, ἔνεισι]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.248</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span> POSITION: [[ἐν]] freq. stands between its Subst. and the Adj. agreeing therewith, <span class="bibl">Il.22.61</span>, <span class="bibl">B.5.41</span>, etc.: without an Adj., τῷ δ' ἐν ἐρινεός ἐστι μέγας <span class="bibl">Od.12.103</span>: most freq. in Hom. in the form [[ἐνί]], which is then written by anastrophe [[ἔνι]], <span class="bibl">Il.7.221</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.57</span>; in Pi. between Subst. and gen., χόρτοις ἐν λέοντος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>13.44</span>, al.--One or more independent words sometimes come between the Prep. and its dat., as in <span class="bibl">Od.11.115</span>; also in Prose, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.69</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">E</span> IN COMPOS., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> with Verbs, the Prep. mostly retains its sense of being [[in]] or [[at]] a place, etc., c. dat., or followed by <b class="b3">εἰς . .</b>, or <b class="b3">ἐν .</b>.: in such forms as <b class="b3">ἐνορᾶν τινί τι</b>, in translating, we resolve the compd., to remark a thing [[in]] one. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> also, [[at]] a person, <b class="b3">ἐγγελᾶν, ἐνυβρίζειν τινί</b>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with Adjs., it expresses </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> a modified degree, as in [[ἔμπηλος]], [[ἔμπικρος]], [[ἔνσιμος]], [[rather]]… </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> the possession of a quality, as in [[ἔναιμος]] [[with]] blood [[in it]], [[ἐνάκανθος]] thorny: [[ἔμφωνος]] [[with]] a voice: [[ἔννομος]] [[in accordance with]] law, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἐν]] becomes <b class="b3">ἐμ-</b> before the labials <b class="b3">β μ π φ ψ; ἐγ-</b> before the gutturals <b class="b3">γ κ ξ Χ; ἐλ-</b> before <b class="b3">λ; ἐρ-</b> before ρ; rarely <b class="b3">ἐσ-</b> before ς; but Inscrr. and Papyri often preserve <b class="b3">ἐν-</b> in all these cases.</span>