ἶφι

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

• 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.

ἶφι (B),

• an Egyptian measure, prob. = 1/4 and 1/5 artaba, PMasp. 138, 139, al. (vi A.D.), PLond. 5.1687.11 (vi A.D.):—hence ἴφιον μέτρον PMasp. 308.3 (vi A.D.): written οἴφιν Hsch.

ἶφι, eigtl. alter Casus von ἴς, mit Digamma, nach Schol. Il. 1.151 für ἰνόφι, Andere nehmen es für das neutr. eines alten Adjektivs ἶφις ; mit Gewalt, mit Macht, kräftig, gewaltig ; ἀνάσσειν, mit Macht herrschen, Il. 1.38 ; ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 1.151 ; βοὸς ἶφι κταμένοιο 3.375 ; ἀνέρι ἶφι δαμῆναι 19.417, vgl. Od. 18.156 ; ähnlich bei sp. Ep. Häufig in nom. pr., wie Ἰφιδάμας, Ἰφικλῆς.

ἶφι

(ϝῖφι)

[see ἴς.]

With or by might, power, force: ἶφι ἀνάσσεις Il. 1.38= 452, βοὸς ἶφι κταμένοιο (as opposed to death by disease) Il. 3.375. Cf. Il. 1.151, Il. 2.720, Il. 4.287, Il. 5.606, Il. 6.478, Il. 12.367, Il. 18.14, Il. 19.417, Il. 21.208, 486: Od. 11.284, Od. 17.443, Od. 18.57, 156.

ἶφι (ϝίς): with might, ἀνάσσειν, etc.; by violence, κτάμενος, Il. 3.375.

ἶφι Epic adv., an old dat. of ἴς,

• strongly, stoutly, mightily, Hom.