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