ἶφι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A) (instrum. of <b class="b3">ἴς</b>, q.v.), Ep. Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">by force</b> or <b class="b2">might</b>, freq. in Hom., but only with four Verbs, ἶ. ἀνάσσειν <span class="bibl">Il.1.38</span>, etc.; ἶ. μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">1.151</span>; ἶ. δαμῆναι <span class="bibl">19.417</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.156</span>; βοὸς ἶ. κταμένοιο <span class="bibl">Il.3.375</span>; later ἶ. βιησάμενος <span class="bibl">Euph.90</span>, etc.—Freq. in prop. names, e.g. <b class="b3">Ἰφιάνασσα, Ἰφιγένεια, Ἰφιγόνη, Ἰφιδάμας, Ἴφικλος, ϝιφιάδας</b>, etc.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἶφι</span> (B), an Egyptian measure, prob. = <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">4</span> and <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">5</span> artaba, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>138</span>, <span class="bibl">139</span>, al. (vi A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>5.1687.11</span> (vi A.D.):—hence ἴφιον <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μέτρον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>308.3</span> (vi A.D.): written οἴφιν Hsch.</span>