ἶφι

iphi

by force

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἶφι (A) (instrum. of ἴς, q.v.), Ep. Adv. A. 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.
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