en

e- + -n

uig.

*en Vorlage:uig. ‘in’

agrie.

en Vorlage:agrie. ἐν 'auf'

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, cognate with Latin in, Old Armenian ի (i), English in.

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /en/ → /en/ → /en/

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

Preposition

ἐν • (en) (governs the dative, genitive and accusative)

1. (location) (with dative) in, on, at; (with dative plural) among
   1. (elliptical, with genitive) in the house or the land of
   2. surrounded by; wearing [ quotations ▼]
2. (time) in, at, or during the time of