ἐμός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, possess. Pron. of 1st pers.: (ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):—

   A mine; contr. with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Com., τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is paratrag. in Ar.Ec.393), rarely in Prose, οὑμός Pl.Ep.354c; τἀμά Id.Plt.258b; οὑμός even in Il.8.360; and (acc. to some Gramm.) τὠμῷ 11.608, Od.4.71; τἠμῇ Il.9.654:—poet. ἀμός (q.v.):    I with a Subst.:    1 subjectively, mine, of me, ἐμὰ δάκρυα Il.1.42; χεῖρες ἐμαί ib.166; ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός Hes.Op.633: with the Art., τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον Il.4.42, etc.: in Poets sts. joined with gen., to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, 6.446, Od.2.45; δαὴρ . . ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος Il.3.180; θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς A.Ag.1323; τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά S.OC344, cf.El.252; τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ . . βίον Ar.Pl.33.    b mine, i.e. favourable to me, τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων Antipho 2.4.10.    2 objectively, relating to me, against me, ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Il.19.336; τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od.2.97; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, A.Pers.699 (troch.); τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings to me, S.El.343; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love for me, Id.OT969; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, Th.6.90; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift to me, X.Cyr.8.3.32; sts. with another gen. added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L. by me, S.OT572; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, ib.1400; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις) her gifts to me, E.Hel.364 (anap.).    II without a Subst., mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον my word, Il.1.526; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis my counsel, Pi.I.8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E.Ion1020, Pl.Lg. 664b.    2 ἐμοί my friends, Il.20.205; οἱ ἐμοί X.Cyr.3.2.28, etc.; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος my dear Heraclitus, Arr.Epict.2.2.17.    3 τὰ ἐμά my property, Pl.Prt.310e, etc.; of children, S.El.538, OC922; τὸ τύπτειν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἀδίκως Pl.Grg.508e; of servants. PEdgar 4.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, Hdt.4.127; τὰ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμόν S.Aj.124; ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶς X.Cyr.6.1.3; τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττει Pl.R.463e, etc.; in full, τοὐμὸν μέρος S.Tr.1215: hence in Trag. and Att., my conduct (almost periphr. for ἐγώ), Id.El.1302, Tr.1068, Ar.Th.105; τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται Lys.8.19, cf. Pl.Grg.452c, etc.: abs., τό γε ἐμόν for my part, as far as concerns me, Hdt.1.108, Pl.Prt.338c, Sph.237b.    4 ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) my country, Th.6.78; also (sc. γνώμη) my opinion, ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ Pl. R.397d; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. Ar.Ec.153, Pl.Plt.277a.