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|Definition=<b class="b3">μίᾰ, ἕν</b> (<b class="b3">μίη</b> only in late Ion. Prose): gen. <b class="b3">ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός</b>:—Ep. ἕεις <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>145</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.341 (Procl.), cj.in <span class="bibl">Il.5.603</span>:—Dor. ἧς <span class="bibl">Rhinth. 12</span>, <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.136:—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. fem. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἴᾰ <span class="bibl">Il.13.354</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.37</span>; acc. ἴαν <span class="bibl">Alc.33.6</span>(prob.), Sapph.69.1 (cf. [[μηδεΐα]]), Corinn.<span class="title">Supp.</span>2.56, <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.22(Thess.); gen.ἰῆς <span class="bibl">Il.16.173</span>,<span class="bibl">24.496</span>; dat. ἰῇ <span class="bibl">9.319</span>, <span class="bibl">11.174</span>, etc.: neut. dat. (ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) <span class="bibl">6.422</span>. (In Com. <b class="b3">οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν</b>, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, <span class="bibl">Cratin.302</span>,<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>927</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>37</span>,<span class="bibl">138</span>,al.) (Orig. ἕνς, assim. <b class="b3">ἔν</b> (δ) prob. in <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>9.50, from <b class="b3">*εμς</b>, I.-Eur. <b class="b2">sem</b>-(cf. [[ὁμός]]); <b class="b3">μία</b> from <b class="b2">sm</b>-ία; <b class="b3">ἴα</b> is not related to <b class="b3">μία</b>, but prob. to pronom. stem <b class="b2">i</b>-(Lat.<b class="b2">is</b>), cf.<b class="b3">ἰός</b>.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> as a Numeral, <span class=foreign>εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω <span class="bibl">Il.2.204</span>, etc.; strengthd., <b class="b3">εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη</b>, a single <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one, one</b> alone, <span class="bibl">4.397</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.65</span>; μία μούνη <span class="bibl">23.227</span>; εἷς μοῦνος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1053</span>, etc.; εἷς καὶ μόνος <span class="bibl">D.H.1.74</span>; εἷς ὤν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>247</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>894</span>, etc.; opp.πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1456</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1465</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>299</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> emphatically with a Sup., εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος <span class="bibl">Il.12.243</span>, etc.: freq. in Trag., εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>327</span>; πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>460</span>; κάλλιστ' ἀνὴρ εἷς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1380</span>; ἕνακριθέντ' ἄριστον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1344</span>; also in Prose, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.127</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.68</span>; Μυτιληναίους μάλιστα δὴ μίαν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Id.3.39</span>; πάντων εἷς ἀνὴρ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν <span class="bibl">D.18.143</span>: without a Sup., Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ' <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in oppos., made emphatic by the Art., <b class="b3">ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.20.272</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.110</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>48a</span>; τοῦ ἑνὸς οἱ δύο ἀγαθοὶ βελτίους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287b13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> with a neg., <b class="b3">εἷς οὐδείς</b> no <b class="b2">single man</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; ἓν οὐδὲ ἓν ἴαμα <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ</b> in no other <b class="b2">single</b> country, <span class="bibl">Id.1.80</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχ εἷς</b>, i.e. more than <b class="b2">one</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>103</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>96</span>; <b class="b3">εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.</b>., emphatic for <b class="b3">οὐδείς, μηδείς</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>549</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.12</span>; more emphatic, <b class="b3">οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς</b>, v. [[οὐδείς]], [[μηδείς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">εἷς ἕκαστος</b> each <b class="b2">one</b>, each <b class="b2">by himself</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.123</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>332c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἴσθησις μία ἑνός</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γένους</b>) <b class="b2">one</b> of <b class="b2">each</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003b19</span>: pl., ἑκάτεροι ἕνες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>276.8</span> (i A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">f</span> with <b class="b3">κατά, καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον</b> each <b class="b2">singly</b>, piece by piece, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καθ' ἕν</b> <b class="b2">one</b> by <b class="b2">one</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>217a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καθ' ἕν, τό,</b> <b class="b2">list</b>, PEleph.20.7 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">καθ' ἕν' ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν</b> to deprive each of us <b class="b2">singly</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.142</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>164</span>,<span class="bibl">186</span>; <b class="b3">εἷς κατὰ εἷς</b> <b class="b2">one</b> by <b class="b2">one</b>, Ev.Marc.14.19; but <b class="b3">καθ' ἓν γίγνεσθαι, εἶναι</b>, to be <b class="b2">united</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.46</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>5.2.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">g</span> with other Preps., ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός <b class="b2">above all</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 331b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>63c</span>; but μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς <b class="b2">alternately</b>, PStrassb.25.13, etc.; ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι <b class="b2">one by one, separately</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.67</span>; ἐπὶ ἑνός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>157a</span>; ἓν ἐφ' ἑνί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>229b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>758b</span>: <b class="b3">ἓν πρὸς ἕν</b>, with or without <b class="b3">συμβάλλειν</b>, in comparisons, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 647b</span>; πρὸς ἕν' εἷς <span class="bibl">D.21.131</span>: παρ' ἕνα <b class="b2">alternately</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>12</span>; εἰς ἓν συναγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1640</span>; ἰσχὺς τοσαύτη εἰς ἓν ξυστᾶσα <span class="bibl">Th.6.85</span>; εἰς ἓν μοίρας συνέκυρσας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1172</span>; ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν <span class="bibl">Il.2.379</span>; in full, ἐς μίαν βουλήν <span class="bibl">Th.5.111</span>; εἰς μίαν νοεῖν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.9</span>; ἓν ἐξ ἑνὸς ἐπισεσώρευκεν <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.10.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>54</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μιᾶς</b> with <b class="b2">one accord</b>, Ev.Luc.14.18; ὑφ' ἕν <b class="b2">at once</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>10.124</span>; also ὑφ' ἓν θέσθαι τὸ ὂν τῷ μὴ ὄντι <span class="bibl">Plot.6.2.1</span>; cf. [[ὑφέν]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">h</span> in compd. numerals, as an ordinal, <b class="b3">τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.89</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Th.8.109</span>, etc.; so in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>2.660.30, al,: later <b class="b3">εἷς</b> alone,=<b class="b2">first</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>1.5</span>; <b class="b3">μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">i</span> <b class="b3">μίαν μίαν</b>, = [[κατὰ μίαν]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>201</span>; εἷς εἷς <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ch.</span>24.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">one</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">the same</b>, τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ <span class="bibl">Il. 3.238</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός</b> <b class="b2">one</b> and the same, ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1039a28</span>, etc.; ὑπὸ μίαν καὶ τὰν αὐτὰν ἀρχάν Perict. ap. Stob.3.1.121; ταὐτὸν καὶ ἕν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>201b3</span>; so ἓν καὶ ὅμοιον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 271a</span>; εἷς καὶ κοινός Plu.2.699f: c. dat., ἐμοὶ μιᾶς ἐγένετ' ἐκ ματρός <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>156</span>; ἐκ μιᾶς οἰνοχόης Ἐπικούρῳ πεπωκότες Plu.2.1089a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">possessing unity</b>, ἧττον μία ἡ μίμησις ἡ τῶν ἐποποιῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1462b3</span>; λίαν ἓν ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1263b7</span>; τὰ κυρίως ἕνα <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 437</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">one</b>, opp. <b class="b2">another</b>, ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1139a6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span> 1285b38</span>, etc.; ὁ μὲν..εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ' αὖ.. <span class="bibl">Od.3.421</span> sq., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>369d</span>; εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> indefinitely, <b class="b3">εἷς τις</b> some <b class="b2">one</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>118</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>471e</span>, etc.; ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τρόπου <span class="bibl">Th.6.34</span>; rarely τις εἷς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>269</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>145d</span>; <b class="b3">εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος</b> each <b class="b2">single</b> one was suspected, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>262</span>; εἷς ὁστισοῦν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1325b28</span>; <b class="b3">εἷς ὁ πρῶτος</b>, Germ. <b class="b2">der erste beste</b>, <span class="bibl">Is.8.33</span>, <span class="bibl">D.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Herm.</span>61</span>: alone, like our indef. Art., <b class="b2">a, an</b>, Κάδμου θυγατέρων μιᾷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>917</span>; <b class="b3">εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1292</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.50</span>; εἷς Ἀθηναίων <span class="bibl">D.21.87</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>21.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>21.19</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἷς ἀπό</b>.. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>6.3(22)</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> οὐχ εἷς <b class="b2">many</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>103</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>33</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο</b> not <b class="b2">one</b> or two only, <span class="bibl">D.29.12</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο</b> not <b class="b2">once</b> nor twice, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ki.</span>6.10</span>; ἓν ἢ καὶ δύο ληφθὲν μαρτύριον <span class="bibl">Plb.2.38.10</span>; εἷς ἢ δεύτερος <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.190d</span>: prov., <b class="b3">εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ</b> <b class="b2">one</b> man's no man, <span class="bibl">D.Chr.48.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Math., <b class="b3">τὸ ἕν</b> <b class="b2">unity</b>, opp.<b class="b3">πλῆθος</b>, Pythag.<span class="title">Fr.</span>5, etc.: pl., ἕνα <b class="b2">units</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1056b21</span>; ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἕνα πλείω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 207b7</span>; τῶν προτέρων ἑνῶν <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>460</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> Philos., <b class="b3">ἕν, τό,</b> <b class="b2">unity</b>, the <b class="b2">One</b>, ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα <span class="bibl">Heraclit.10</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Emp.17.1</span>, etc.: later indecl., ἓν εἶναι τοῦ ἓν παρουσίᾳ <span class="bibl">Plot.6.6.14</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">5.5.5</span>.</span>