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ἶφι

iphi1

by force, might

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What it meant

ἶφι · iphi — LSJ

by force, might

by force or might, freq. in Hom., but only with four Verbs, ἶ. ἀνάσσειν Il. 1.38, etc.; ἶ. μάχεσθαι 1.151; ἶ. δαμῆναι 19.417, Od. 18.156; βοὸς ἶ. κταμένοιο Il. 3.375; later ἶ. βιησάμενος Euph. 90, etc.—Freq. in prop. names, e.g. Ἰφιάνασσα, Ἰφιγένεια, Ἰφιγόνη, Ἰφιδάμας, Ἴφικλος, ϝιφιάδας, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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