ἐν

ἐν, poet. [full] ἐνί, [full] εἰν, [full] εἰνί (Il.8.199, etc.), forms used by [dialect] Ep. and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as f.l. in Trag.,

A

εἰν S.Ant. 1241

;

εἰνί E.Heracl.893

: Arc. and Cypr. [full] ἰν IG5(2).3.5, al., Inscr.Cypr.135.9 H., al.

0-0PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, in, into.

A WITH DAT.

I OF PLACE,

1 in,

νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ Od.1.50

;

ἐν δώμασ' ἐμοῖσιν Il.6.221

;

ἐνὶ προθύροισιν 11.777

;

κοίλῃσ' ἐνὶ νηυσί Od.2.27

; with names of cities or islands, as ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ, Il.2.549, 162;

ἡ ἐν Κερκύρᾳ ναυμαχία Th.1.57

;

ἡ ἐν Σαλαμῖνι μάχη Isoc.5.147

(but in [dialect] Att. the Prep.is sts.omitted, as with Ἐλευσῖνι, Μαραθῶνι; where ἐν is used, it = in the district of . .,

ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι IG22.1028.11

, ἐμ Μαραθῶνι ib.1243.21): ἐν χερσὶν ἐμῇσι in my arms, Il.22.426;

ἐνὶ θυμῷ Od.16.331

, etc.; ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι to be in one's senses, be oneself, ἔτ' ἐν σαυτῷ (v.l. -τοῦ)

γενοῦ S.Ph.950

; also ἐν αὑτοῦ, cf. signf. 2.

b ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν in the fish-market, Antiph.125;

ἐν τῷ μύρῳ Ar.Eq.1375

; so ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν in the two-obol seats, D.18.28.

2 elliptic, in such phrases as

ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο Od.7.132

, cf.Leg.Gort.2.21, etc.;

εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il.22.389

, [dialect] Att. ἐν Ἅιδου (v. Ἅιδης): later

ἐν τοῖς τινός PRev.Laws 38.1

(iii B. C.), Ev.Luc.2.49;

ἐν ἡμετέρου Hdt.1.35

, 7.8.

δ'; ἐμ Πανδίονος IG22.1138.8

; ἐν Δημοτιωνιδῶν ib.2.841b21; ἐν τῶν πόλεων ib. 12.56.14: mostly with pr.n., but sts. with Appellatives, as,

ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρός Il.6.47

;

ἐν ἀνδρὸς εὐσεβεστάτου E.IA926

; ἐν παιδοτρίβου, ἐν κιθαριστοῦ, at the school of . ., Ar.Nu.973, Pl.Tht.206a; ἐν γειτόνων (v. γείτων) ἐν αὑτοῦ (αὑτῷ cod. Rav.) Ar.V.642, cf. Men.Sam.125;

οὐκέτ' ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ ἦν Pl.Chrm.155d

;

ἐν ὑμῶν αὐτῶν γένεσθε Lib.Or. 35.15

.

3 in, within, surrounded by,

οὐρανὸς ἐν αἰθέρι καὶ νεφέλῃσι Il.15.192

; after Hom., of clothing, armour, etc.,

ἐν ἐσθῆτι Hdt.2.159

;

ἐν πεπλώματι S.Tr.613

;

ἐν ἔντεσι Pi.O.4.24

; ἐν ὅπλοισι in or under arms, Hdt.1.13, etc.; also of particular kinds of arms, ἐν τόξοις, ἀκοντίοις, etc., equipped with them, dub.in X.Mem.3.9.2;

ἐν μαχαίρῃ PTeb. 16.14

(ii B. C.);

ἐν μεγάλοις φορτίοις βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν X. Cyr.2.3.14

;

ἐν βαθεῖ πώγωνι Luc.Salt.5

.

4 on, at or by,

ἐν ποταμῷ Il. 18.521

, Od.5.466;

ἐν ὄρεσσιν 19.205

;

οὔρεος ἐν κορυφῇς Il.2.456

;

ἐν θρόνοις Od.8.422

; νευρὴ ἐν τόξῳ the string on the bow, Il.15.463;

ἐν [ξίφει] ἧλοι 11.29

; κατεκλάσθη ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος was broken off at or by the shaft, 13.608;

ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων S.Ph.296

; ἐν οἴνῳ at wine, prob. in Call.Epigr.23, Luc.Dem.Enc.15.

5 in the number of, amongst, freq.in Hom., ἐν Δαναοῖσι, προμάχοισι, μέσσοισιν, νεκύεσσι, Il.1.109, 3.31, 7.384, Od. 12.383, al.;

οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν Il. 1.398

; and with Verbs of ruling,

ἐν δ' ἄρα τοῖσιν ἦρχ' 13.689

;

ἀνδράσιν ἐν πολλοῖσι . . ἀνάσσων Od.19.110

;

φῦλον ἐν ἀνθρώποισι ματαιότατον Pi.P.3.21

;

ἐν τοῖς οἰκείοισιν ἀνὴρ χρηστός S.Ant.661

;

ἐν γυναιξὶν ἄλκιμος E.Or.754

:—for ἐν τοῖς c. [comp] Sup., V. ὁ.

b in the presence of,

ἐν πᾶσι Od.2.194

;

πτωχὸς ὢν ἐν ἐσθλοῖσιν λέγειν E.Fr. 703

;

λέγοντες ἐν τῷ δήμῳ Pl.R.565b

;

μακρηγορεῖν ἐν εἰδόσι Th.2.36

;

ἔλεγον ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα Lys.12.6

;

ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις εἰπεῖν Isoc.3.21

; λέγειν ἐν ἀνδράσιν (of a woman) Lys.32.11; of a trial, διαγωνίζεσθαι, διαδικάζεσθαι ἔν τισι, Pl.Grg.464d, Lg.916b;

προὐκαλούμην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς δικασταῖς Antipho6.23

.

6 in one's hands, within one's reach or power,

νίκης πείρατ' ἔχονται ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι Il.7.102

;

δύναμις γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν Od.10.69

(comp. the Homeric phrases

θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται Il.17.514

;

ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τέλος πολέμου 16.630

); freq. in Hdt. and [dialect] Att., ἔστιν ἔν τινι, c. inf., it depends on him to . ., rests with him to . .,

ἔστιν ἐν σοὶ ἢ . . ἤ . . Hdt.6.109

, cf. 3.85, etc.;

ταῦτα δ' ἐν τῷ δαίμονι καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἁτέρᾳ S.OC1443

;

ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Id.OT314

;

ἐν σοὶ δ' ἐσμὲν καὶ ζῆν καὶ μή E.Alc.278

;

ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ πράγματα ἐγένετο Th.1.74

;

ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν, οὐκ ἐμοί D.18.193

; also ἐν τούτῳ εἰσὶν πᾶσαι αἱ ἀποδείξεις depend on this, Pl.Prt.354e; ἐν τούτῳ λύεται ἡ ἀπορία ἢ ἄλλοθι οὐδαμοῦ ib.321e; ἔν γ' ἐμοί so far as rests with me, S.OC153 (lyr.);

ἐν δὲ σοὶ λελείψομαι E.Hipp.324

; also ἐν ἐμοί in my judgement, S.OC1214 (lyr.); ἐν θεοῖς καλά in the eyes of the gods, Id.Ant.925.

7 in respect of,

ἐν πάντεσσ' ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα Il.23.671

; ἐν γήρᾳ σύμμετρός τινι in point of age . ., S. OT1112; ἐν ἐμοὶ θρασύς in my case, towards me, Id.Aj.1315; ἐν θανοῦσιν ὑβριστής ib.1092; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις μάθησις Pl.La.190d; also οὐδὲν δεινὸν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ στῇ stop with me, Id.Ap.28b.

8 in a pregnant construction with Verbs of motion, into; implying both motion to and subsequent position in a place, ἐν κονίῃσι χαμαὶ πέσεν fell [to the dust and lay] in it, Il.4.482, etc.;

βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι 5.588

;

νηῒ δ' ἐνὶ πρύμνῃ ἔναρα θῆκ' 10.570

;

ἐν χερσὶ τιθέναι 1.441

, etc.;

ἐν χερσὶ βαλεῖν 5.574

; ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βαλεῖν ib.513;

ἐν Τρωσὶν ὄρουσαν 16.258

;

ἐν χερσὶ πεσέειν 6.81

;

λέων ἐν βουσὶ θορών 5.161

;

ἐν δ' οἶνον ἔχευεν ἐν δέπαϊ χρυσέῳ Od.20.261

;

ἐν τεύχεσσιν ἔδυνον Il.23.131

: in Trag. and [dialect] Att.,

ἐν ποίμναις πίτνων S.Aj.184

(lyr.), cf. 374 (lyr.);

ἐν χωρίῳ ἐμπεπτωκώς Th.7.87

;

ἡ ἐν τῷ Σπειραίῳ τῶν νεῶν καταφυγή Id.8.11

;

ἐν τόπῳ καταπεφευγέναι Pl.Sph.260c

;

ἐν ᾅδου διαπορευθείς Id.Lg.905b

;

ῥιπτοῦντες σφᾶς ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ Arr.An.1.19.4

; later, with Verbs of coming and going,

διαβάντες ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ Paus.7.4.3

, cf. LXX To.5.5, Arr.Epict.1.11.32, etc.: τὸν ἐν Σικελίᾳ πλοῦν is f.l. in Lys. 19.43 codd.

9 πίνειν ἐν ποτηρίῳ to drink from a cup, Luc.DDeor. 6.2;

ἐν ἀργύρῳ πίνειν Id.Merc.Cond.26

;

ἐν μικροῖς D.L.1.104

.

10 ἄργυρος ἐν ἐκπώμασι silver in the form of plate, Plu.2.260a; ἐμ φέρνῃ, ἐν θέματι, as a dowry, pledge, PPetr.1p.37, PTeb.120.125 (i B. C.).

11 in citations, ἐν τοῦ σκήπτρου τῇ παραδόσει in the passage of the Il. describing this, Th.1.9, cf. Pl.Tht.147c, Phlb.33b.

II OF STATE, CONDITION or POSITION:

1 of outward circumstances,

ἐν πολέμῳ Od.10.553

;

ἐν δαιτί Il.4.259

;

ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ 9.378

;

ἐν μοίρῃ Od.22.54

;

οὑμὸς ἐν φάει βίος E.Ph.1281

; ἐν γένει εἶναί τινι to be related to . ., S.OT1016; of occupations, pursuits, ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εἶναι to be engaged in philosophy, Pl.Phd.59a, cf. R.489b; οἱ ἐν ποιήσι γενόμενοι poets, Hdt.2.82; οἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι ministers of state, Th.3.28; οἱ ἐν τέλει the magistrates, Id.7.73, etc.;

τοὺς ἐν ταῖς μοναρχίαις ὄντας Isoc.2.5

;

ὁ ἐν ταῖς προσόδοις PPetr.1p.62

; ὁ μάντις ἦν ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ in the practice of it, S.OT562.

2 of inward states, of feeling, etc., ἐν φιλότητι, ἐν δοιῇ, Il.7.302,9.230;

ἐν φόβῳ γενέσθαι Pl.R.578e

;

οὐκ ἐν αἰσχύνῃ τὰ σά E.Ph.1276

;

ἐν σιωπῇ τἀμά Id.Ion 1397

; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν τινά to make him the object of one's anger, Th.2.21; ἐν ἔριδι εἶναι ibid.; ἐν αἰτίᾳ σχεῖν τινά to blame him, Hdt.5.106;

ἐν αἰτίᾳ βαλεῖν S.OT656

(lyr.); ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι to have the blame, X.Mem. 2.8.9, etc.;

οἱ ἐν ταῖς αἰτίαις D.Ep.2.14

.

3 freq. with neut. Adj., ἐν βραχεῖ, = βραχέως, S.El.673; ἐν τάχει, = ταχέως, Id.OT765, etc.; ἐν καλῷ ἐστί, = καλῶς ἔχει, E.Heracl.971; ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ [ἐστί] Id.IT 762; ἐν εὐμαρεῖ [ἐστί] Id.Hel.1227;

ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαι Hdt.3.154

; ἐν ἴσῳ, = ἴσως, ἐν ὁμοίῳ, = ὁμοίως, Th.2.53: less freq. in pl., ἐν ἀργοῖς, = ἀργῶς, S.OT287; ἐν κενοῖς, = κενῶς, Id.Aj.971: with a Subst., ἐν δίκᾳ, = δικαίως, opp. παρὰ δίκαν, Pi.O.2.16, cf. S.Tr.1069, Ar.Eq.258, Pl.R.475c, al.;

ἦσαν οὐκέτι ὁμοίως ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες Th.1.99

, cf. Pl. Epin.977b.

III OF THE INSTRUMENT, MEANS or MANNER,

ἐν πυρὶ πρήσαντες Il.7.429

;

δῆσαι ἐνὶ δεσμῷ 5.386

, cf. Od.12.54, etc.; but in most cases the orig. sense may be traced, to put in the fire and burn, infetters and bind, etc.; so

ἐν πόνοις δαμέντα A.Pr.425

(lyr.); ἔζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα ib.462;

ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ Id.Th.414

; also ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν or ἐν ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶσθαι, ἰδέσθαι, to see with or before one's eyes, i.e. have the object in one's eye, Il.3.306, Od.10.385, etc.;

ἔν τε τῇ ὄψει διαγιγνώσκειν καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀκοῇ Pl.Tht.206a

; also

ἐν ὠσὶ νωμῶν ὄρνιθας A.Th.25

; also ἐν λιταῖς by prayers, S.Ph.60; ἐν δόλῳ by deceit, ib.102; ἐν λόγοις by words, A.Ch.613 (lyr.);

ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ προφάσει ταύτῃ Lys.13.12

, cf. Antipho 5.59;

ψαύειν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις S.Ant.961

(lyr.);

ἐν τοῖς ὁμοίοις νόμοις ποιήσαντες τὰς κρίσεις Th.1.77

; esp. with Verbs of showing,

σημαίνειν ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ οἰωνοῖς X.Cyr.8.7.3

; τὰ πραχθέντα . . ἐν . . ἐπιστολαῖς ἴστε ye know by letters, Th.7.11;

ἐν τῇδε ῥάβδῳ πάντα ποιήσεις Ezek.Exag.132

, cf. PMag.Osl.1.108.

2 of a personal instrument,

ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια Ev.Matt.9.34

.

IV OF TIME,

ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ Il.16.643

;

ἐν νυκτί Hdt.6.69

, X. Smp.1.9;

ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ S.Ph.235

, OC88; ἐν τούτῳ (sc. τῷ χρόνῶ) in this space of time, Hdt.1.126, etc.; ἐν ᾧ (sc. χρόνῳ) during the time that, S.Tr.929, etc. (also

ἐν οἷς Arist.Mu.391a2

);

ἐν ὅσῳ Th.3.28

; ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς in the time of the truce, X.An.3.1.1;

ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ Th.7.73

(but in some phrases the ἐν is omitted, as μυστηρίοις in the course of the mysteries, Ar.Pl.1013; τραγῳδοῖς at the performance of . ., Aeschin.3.36).

b ἐν ἄρχοντι Μητροδώρῳ during the archonship of M., IG7.1773 (Thebes, ii A. D.); ἐν ἄρχοντι Σύλλᾳ ib.3.113.

2 in, within,

ἐν ἡμέρῃ Hdt.1.126

;

ἐν ἔτεσι πεντήκοντα Th.1.118

;

ἐν τρισὶ μησί X.HG1.1.37

, etc.; μυρίαις ἐν ἁμέραις in, i.e. after, countless days, E.Ph.305 (lyr.);

ἐν ἡμέραις πολλαῖς νοσῆσαι Procop.Arc.9.35

.

V OF NUMBERS generally, ἐν δυσὶ σταδίοις within two stadia, D.S.20.74, cf. 19.39, dub. in Th.6.1.

2 with gen. of price,

ἐν δύο ταλάντων LXX 3 Ki.16.24

.

3 amounting to,

προῖκα ἐν δραχμαῖς ἐννακοσίαις BGU970.14

(ii A. D.), etc.

B WITH Acc., into, on, for, Arc.

ἰν, νόμος ἰν ἄματα πάντα IG5

(2).5; γράψαι ἐν χάλκωμα ib.511; ἐν πελτοφόρας ἀπεγράψατο ib.7.210 ([place name] Aegosthenae), etc.; also poet.,

ἐν πάντα νόμον Pi.P.2.86

.

C WITHOUT CASE, AS ADVERB, in the phrase ἐν δέ . . ,

1 and therein, Il.9.361;

ἐν μέν . . ἐν δέ Od.13.244

.

2 and among them, Il.2.588, etc.; in Hdt., mostly ἐν δὲ δή . . 3.39, 5.95; or

ἐν δὲ καί . . 2.43

,172,176.

3 and besides, moreover (not in [dialect] Att. Prose), S.Aj. 675, OT181 (lyr.), al.;

ἐν δ' ὑπέρας τε κάλους τε πόδας τ' ἐνέδησεν ἐν αὐτῇ Od.5.260

.

4 ἔνι, = ἔνεστι, ἔνεισι, Il.20.248, etc.

D POSITION: ἐν freq. stands between its Subst. and the Adj. agreeing therewith, Il.22.61, B.5.41, etc.: without an Adj.,

τῷ δ' ἐν ἐρινεός ἐστι μέγας Od.12.103

: most freq. in Hom. in the form ἐνί, which is then written by anastrophe ἔνι, Il.7.221, Od.5.57; in Pi. between Subst. and gen.,

χόρτοις ἐν λέοντος O.13.44

, al.--One or more independent words sts. come between the Prep. and its dat., as in Od.11.115; also in Prose, Hdt.6.69.

E IN COMPOS.,

I with Verbs, the Prep. mostly retains its sense of being in or at a place, etc., c. dat., or folld. by εἰς . . , or ἐν . .: in such forms as ἐνορᾶν τινί τι, in translating, we resolve the compd., to remark a thing in one.

b also, at a person, ἐγγελᾶν, ἐνυβρίζειν τινί.

2 with Adjs., it expresses

a a modified degree, as in ἔμπηλος, ἔμπικρος, ἔνσιμος, rather . . .

b the possession of a quality, as in ἔναιμος with blood in it, ἐνάκανθος thorny: ἔμφωνος with a voice: ἔννομος in accordance with law, etc.

II ἐν becomes ἐμ- before the labials β μ π φ ψ; ἐγ- before the gutturals γ κ ξ Χ; ἐλ- before λ; ἐρ- before ρ; rarely ἐς- before ς; but Inscrr. and Papyri often preserve ἐν- in all these cases.