ὅ γε
Ξένοισι πιστοῖς πιστὸς ὢν γίγνου φίλος → Amicus esto fidus in fidum hospitem → Erweise treuen Fremden dich als treuer Freund
English (LSJ)
ἥ γε, τό γε, the demonstr. Pron. ὁ, ἡ, τό, made slightly (if at all) more emphatic by the addition of γε,
A he, she, it:
I Τεῦκρον.. καὶ Λήϊτον... τοὺς ὅ γ' ἐποτρύνων Il.13.94; πάντες ἄρ' οἵ γ' ἔθελον 7.169; κεῖνος ὅ γε.. ἧσται there he sitteth, 19.344; with a Subst., ὅ γ' ἥρως he the hero, 5.327; τόν γε ἄνακτα ib.794.
II in one clause of a disjunctive sentence, either the former, πατὴρ δ' ἐμός.. ζώει ὅ γ' ἦ τέθνηκε Od.2.132, cf. 3.90,4.821; or the latter, ἤ τινας ἐκ Πύλου ἄξει... ἢ ὅ γε καὶ Σπάρτηθεν 2.327; so λάθοι ἂν ἤτοι μανεὶς ἢ ὅ γε ἀπόπληκτος γενόμενος Hdt.2.173: so also in an adversative clause, Θέτις δ' οὐ λήθετ' ἐφετμέων... ἀλλ' ἥ γ' ἀνεδύσετο Il.1.496, cf. 11.226.
III after ὥς (thus), ib.136,al.
IV Adverbial usages:
1 dat. τῇ γε, there, at that point, 6.435.
2 acc. neut. τό γε, on that account, 5.827, Od.17.401.
