Морфология
Предлог
Значение слова ἐπί
предл. со значением:
1. с р. п. на, по, над, при, близ, подле, перед, во время, на основании;
2. с д. п. на, по, над, против;
3. с в. п. на, к, над.
Происхождение
корень
Оригинал из Strong Dictionary
A primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. Over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. :— about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, × have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).