ἔν

ἔν, ἔνι

Grammatical information: adv. and postposition,

Meaning: as prep. usually with the dat. (loc.), to indicate the rest at the attained goal; NWGr., El. Arc., Cypr. Thess. Boeot. also with acc. indicating the direction (the other dialects have ἐν + ς, s. εἰς) (Il.).

Other forms: ἐν, poet. ἐνί preposition, metr. lengthened εἰν(ί), Arc. Cypr. Cret. ἰν `in it, in';

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [311] *h₁en(i) `in'

Etymology: Old adverb, OLat. en (\> in), Osc.-Umbr. en, Germ., e. g. Goth. in, Celt., e. g. OIr. in, Balt., e. g. OPr. en, Arm. i etc., IE *en, *eni (like ἔπι, πέρι a. o., with loc. in -i ?), s. W.-Hofmann s. 2. in with more forms. - Details in Schwyzer-Debrunner 454ff.; also Porzig Satzinhalte 151ff. - On ἔνι as copula (certain since V-VI^p), from where NGr. εἶναι (εἶνι, ἔνι etc.) `is, are', Debrunner Mus. Helv. 11, 57ff..

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