εἷς

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μίᾰ, ἕν (μίη only in late Ion. Prose): gen. ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός:—Ep. ἕεις Hes.Th.145, AP7.341 (Procl.), cj.in Il.5.603:—Dor. ἧς Rhinth. 12, Tab.Heracl.1.136:—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. fem.

   A ἴᾰ Il.13.354, prob. in Hp.Morb.4.37; acc. ἴαν Alc.33.6(prob.), Sapph.69.1 (cf. μηδεΐα), Corinn.Supp.2.56, IG9(2).517.22(Thess.); gen.ἰῆς Il.16.173,24.496; dat. ἰῇ 9.319, 11.174, etc.: neut. dat. (ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) 6.422. (In Com. οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, Cratin.302,Ar.Ra.927, Pl.37,138,al.) (Orig. ἕνς, assim. ἔν (δ) prob. in Leg.Gort.9.50, from *εμς, I.-Eur. sem-(cf. ὁμός); μία from sm-ία; ἴα is not related to μία, but prob. to pronom. stem i-(Lat.is), cf.ἰός.)    1 as a Numeral, εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω Il.2.204, etc.; strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, a single

   A one, one alone, 4.397, Od.7.65; μία μούνη 23.227; εἷς μοῦνος Hdt.1.119, Ar.Pl.1053, etc.; εἷς καὶ μόνος D.H.1.74; εἷς ὤν S.OT247, E.Ph.894, etc.; opp.πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα A.Ag.1456, cf.1465, Ch.299, etc.    b emphatically with a Sup., εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος Il.12.243, etc.: freq. in Trag., εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών A.Pers.327; πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε S.Tr.460; κάλλιστ' ἀνὴρ εἷς Id.OT1380; ἕνακριθέντ' ἄριστον Id.Ph.1344; also in Prose, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο Hdt.6.127, cf. Th.8.68; Μυτιληναίους μάλιστα δὴ μίαν πόλιν Id.3.39; πάντων εἷς ἀνὴρ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν D.18.143: without a Sup., Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ' A.Th.6.    c in oppos., made emphatic by the Art., ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία, Il.20.272, Od.20.110, Pl.Cri.48a; τοῦ ἑνὸς οἱ δύο ἀγαθοὶ βελτίους Arist.Pol.1287b13, cf. Theoc.6.22.    d with a neg., εἷς οὐδείς no single man, Hdt.1.32; ἓν οὐδὲ ἓν ἴαμα Th.2.51; οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ in no other single country, Id.1.80; οὐχ εἷς, i.e. more than one, A.Th.103, E.Andr.96; εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.., emphatic for οὐδείς, μηδείς, Ar.Th.549, X.An.5.6.12; more emphatic, οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς, v. οὐδείς, μηδείς.    e εἷς ἕκαστος each one, each by himself, Hdt. 1.123, Pl.Prt.332c, etc.; αἴσθησις μία ἑνός (sc. γένους) one of each, Arist.Metaph.1003b19: pl., ἑκάτεροι ἕνες POxy.276.8 (i A.D.).    f with κατά, καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον each singly, piece by piece, Hdt.1.9, etc.; καθ' ἕν one by one, Pl.Sph.217a, etc.; καθ' ἕν, τό, list, PEleph.20.7 (iii B.C.), etc.; καθ' ἕν' ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν to deprive each of us singly, D.21.142, cf. Men.Epit.164,186; εἷς κατὰ εἷς one by one, Ev.Marc.14.19; but καθ' ἓν γίγνεσθαι, εἶναι, to be united, Th.8.46, X. HG5.2.16.    g with other Preps., ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός above all, Pl.R. 331b, Phlb.63c; but μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς alternately, PStrassb.25.13, etc.; ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι one by one, separately, Hdt. 4.67; ἐπὶ ἑνός Pl.Tht.157a; ἓν ἐφ' ἑνί Id.Sph.229b, Lg.758b: ἓν πρὸς ἕν, with or without συμβάλλειν, in comparisons, Hdt.4.50, Pl.Lg. 647b; πρὸς ἕν' εἷς D.21.131: παρ' ἕνα alternately, Luc.Salt.12; εἰς ἓν συναγαγεῖν E.Or.1640; ἰσχὺς τοσαύτη εἰς ἓν ξυστᾶσα Th.6.85; εἰς ἓν μοίρας συνέκυρσας E.Andr.1172; ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν Il.2.379; in full, ἐς μίαν βουλήν Th.5.111; εἰς μίαν νοεῖν Ael.NA5.9; ἓν ἐξ ἑνὸς ἐπισεσώρευκεν Arr.Epict.1.10.5, cf. Luc.Asin.54; ἀπὸ μιᾶς with one accord, Ev.Luc.14.18; ὑφ' ἕν at once, S.E.M.10.124; also ὑφ' ἓν θέσθαι τὸ ὂν τῷ μὴ ὄντι Plot.6.2.1; cf. ὑφέν.    h in compd. numerals, as an ordinal, τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει] Hdt.5.89, cf.Th.8.109, etc.; so in Att. Inscrr., IG2.660.30, al,: later εἷς alone,=first, LXXGe.1.5; μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός ib.8.13.    i μίαν μίαν, = κατὰ μίαν, S.Fr.201; εἷς εἷς LXX 1 Ch.24.6.    2 one, i.e. the same, τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ Il. 3.238, etc.; εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός one and the same, ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ Arist.Metaph.1039a28, etc.; ὑπὸ μίαν καὶ τὰν αὐτὰν ἀρχάν Perict. ap. Stob.3.1.121; ταὐτὸν καὶ ἕν Arist.Ph.201b3; so ἓν καὶ ὅμοιον Pl.Phdr. 271a; εἷς καὶ κοινός Plu.2.699f: c. dat., ἐμοὶ μιᾶς ἐγένετ' ἐκ ματρός E. Ph.156; ἐκ μιᾶς οἰνοχόης Ἐπικούρῳ πεπωκότες Plu.2.1089a.    b possessing unity, ἧττον μία ἡ μίμησις ἡ τῶν ἐποποιῶν Arist.Po.1462b3; λίαν ἓν ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν Id.Pol.1263b7; τὰ κυρίως ἕνα Dam.Pr. 437.    3 one, opp. another, ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. Arist.EN1139a6, Pol. 1285b38, etc.; ὁ μὲν..εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ' αὖ.. Od.3.421 sq., cf. Pl.R.369d; εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. X.HG1.7.23.    4 indefinitely, εἷς τις some one, S.OT118, Pl.Grg.471e, etc.; ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τρόπου Th.6.34; rarely τις εἷς S.Ant.269, Pl.Prm.145d; εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος each single one was suspected, S.Ant.262; εἷς ὁστισοῦν Arist.Pol. 1325b28; εἷς ὁ πρῶτος, Germ. der erste beste, Is.8.33, D.1.9, cf. Luc. Herm.61: alone, like our indef. Art., a, an, Κάδμου θυγατέρων μιᾷ E.Ba.917; εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός, Ar.Av.1292, Th.4.50; εἷς Ἀθηναίων D.21.87, cf. LXXGe.21.15, Ev.Matt.21.19, etc.; εἷς ἀπό.. LXX Le.6.3(22).    5 οὐχ εἷς many, A.Th.103, Call.Dian.33; οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο not one or two only, D.29.12; οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο not once nor twice, LXX 4 Ki.6.10; ἓν ἢ καὶ δύο ληφθὲν μαρτύριον Plb.2.38.10; εἷς ἢ δεύτερος Jul.Or.6.190d: prov., εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ one man's no man, D.Chr.48.10.    6 Math., τὸ ἕν unity, opp.πλῆθος, Pythag.Fr.5, etc.: pl., ἕνα units, Arist.Metaph.1056b21; ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἕνα πλείω Id.Ph. 207b7; τῶν προτέρων ἑνῶν Dam.Pr.460.    7 Philos., ἕν, τό, unity, the One, ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα Heraclit.10, cf.Emp.17.1, etc.: later indecl., ἓν εἶναι τοῦ ἓν παρουσίᾳ Plot.6.6.14, cf.5.5.5.