ἐν

Etymology
From, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The dative is from the PIE locative. The genitive is an innovated Greek associative. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

Pronunciation
The final nasal assimilated to a following stop or nasal, so that the word was pronounced as if it were spelled ἐμ if the next word began in a labial (β, μ, π, φ, ψ), or ἐγ  if the next word began in a velar (γ, κ, ξ, χ).

Preposition

 * 1)   in, on, at;  among
 * 2)  in the house or the land of
 * 3) surrounded by; wearing
 * 4)  in, at, or during the time of
 * 1)  in, at, or during the time of
 * 1)  in, at, or during the time of

Derived terms

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