φι

-φῐ, -φῐν,

• case-suffix with locative, ablative and instrumental sense, freq. in Ep.; also Aeol. acc. to Sch.D, Gen. Il. 3.338, Sch. Opp. Hal. 1.709; Boeot. acc. to Hsch. s.v. πασσαλόφιν (who cites Ἴδηφιν = Ἴδης); found in Lyr., σὺν ὄχεσφι Ibyc. 2.6; Μῶσα . ., ὠρανίαφι Alcm. 59 (voc. acc. to A.D. Adv. 165.8); πασσαλόφιν in a Com. parody, Hermipp. 55 (anap.).

-φι ,-φιν: a vestige of several old caseendings, appended to the stem-vowel of the various declensions, (1st decl.) -ηφι, -ῆφι (but ἐσχαρόφι), (2d decl.) -όφι, (3d decl.) -έσφι (but ναῦφι); of persons only in two words, θεόφι, αὐτόφι. The form produced by the suffix may stand for a gen. (ablative), or a dative (instrumental, locative), with or without prepositions.

-φι

• • • 1-φι, -φιν, an old term. of dat. for -ῃ, ας, ᾖφι βίῃφι πεποιθώς; for -ῳ, as θεόφιν ἀτάλαντος; also pl., as,; ναῦφι for ναυσί.
    • 2of gen., for -ης, as, ἐξ εὐνῆφι; for -ου, as, ἐκ θεόφιν, for -ος, κράτεσφι for κρᾱτός, of the head.