σύ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
[ῠ],
A thou: Pron. of the second pers.:—Ep. nom. τύνη [ῡ] Il.5.485, al. (Lacon. τούνη Hsch.); Aeol. σύ Sapph.Supp.16.6, 21.9; Dor. τύ [ῠ] Pi.O.1.85, Epich.34, al., Theoc.3.33, etc.; Boeot. τού [short syll.] Corinn.Supp.2.83, A.D.Pron.55.6 (also τούν ib. 50.27, 55.6): Nom. σύ, Od.18.31, A.Ag.1035, Ar.Nu.29, etc.; voc., Od.21.193, Ar.Ach.165, Pl.1069.—Gen. σοῦ, h.Hom.29.4, elsewh. only Att., Ar.Ach.302, etc.; enclit. σου, S.Ph.761, OT538, etc.; never in Hom., who uses σεῦ, ll.3.206, al., σέο ib.446, al. (also in Lyr., Archil.(?)inPLit.Lond.54, B.3.65), σεῖο Il.3.137, al.; also σέθεν 1.180, al. (which also occurs in Lyr., Sapph.33, B.10.9, and Trag., A.Th.264, al.), and as enclit. σευ, Il.5.811, al., σεο 1.396: Hdt. has only σέο 1.124, σεο (enclit.) ib.9, σεῦ ibid., 3.42,85, 7.38, σευ (enclit.) 3.36,134, 7.49:—Dor. τεῦ, τευ, Theoc.5.19, 10.36, etc.; rarely τέο, Alcm.17; lengthd. τεοῦ Epich.145, Sophr.84, and τεοῖο Il.8.37, 468; Boeot. τεῦς Corinn.24; Dor. τεοῦς Sophr.59; also τιοῦς A.D. Pron.74.27; τεῦς Theoc.2.126; τοι v.l. in Id.7.25; enclit. τεος Sophr.83; Cret. τέορ Hsch.; other Dor. forms are τίω, τίως, both Rhinth.13, τίος A.D.Pron.75.24.—Dat. σοί, Il.1.158,167, Archil.88, Mimn.8, Sapph.7,99, A.Pr.3, Hdt.3.42, 6.86.ά, 7.52, etc.; Dor. τοί Alcm.86 (oxyt.); Dor., Lesb., and Ion. enclit. τοι Alem.33, Sapph. Frr.2.2,8, Archil.79, Hippon.20, Anacr.44, 75.3, Pi.N.3.76, B.10.104, Hdt.1.115, 3.35,63,85; in Hom., Lesbian Lyr., and Ion. Lyr. and Prose τοι is always enclit., σοί never enclit. (τοί and σοι are not found exc. σοι Od.3.359, 11.381, ς (οι) Il.1.170, and in codd. of Pi.P. 4.270, 9.55; rarer than τοι in Hdt., 3.69, al.); in Att. both σοί and σοι (enclit.) are used (σοί Ar.Nu.361, etc., σοι ib.87, etc.), τοί and τοι are not used; σοι is never elided exc. in Il.1.170, τοι is elided in Od. 1.60,347, Alc.55, Id.Oxy.1788 Fr.15 ii 9, Sapph.28.2; Ep. and Lyr. also τεΐν, Il.11.201, Od.4.619, Epigr. ap. Hdt.5.60,61, Ar.Av.930; also τίν [ῐ], Alcm.16, Pi.P.1.29, 8.68 (dub. l.); τίν [ῑ], Id.I.6(5).4, Theoc.2.20 (τίν before a consonant, Pi.O.10(11).93); also τεΐ Alcm.53; τίνη Rhinth.13.—Acc. σέ, Il.6.256, al.; enclit. σε, 1.26, Sapph.1.2, Supp.23.9, Hdt.3.42, etc.; in late Gr. σέν, Anatolian Studies p.76; Dor. τέ Alcm.52, Pi.O.1.48, Theoc.1.5, Call.Fr.114; τ' v.l. (cod. R) in Ar.Ach.779 (on the accent v. A.D.Pron.54.14, 83.4); τρέ (leg. τϝέ) Hsch.; or (enclit.) τυ IG42(1).121.69 (Epid., iv B.C.), Ar.Eq.1225, Ach.730 (dub. in Ach.779), Theoc.1.56,78, etc.:—also τίν Corinn.4, Cerc.7.6, Theoc.11.39,55,68. 2 in combination with γε, σύ γε, σέ γε, etc. (cf. ἔγωγε), thou at least, for thy part, freq. in Hom. and Att.; Dor. τύγε Epich.[272], Timocr.1 (v.l. τύ γα) ; τύγᾰ Theoc.5.69,71; Boeot. τούγα A.D.Pron.55.6: dat. σοί γε Il.1.557: acc. σέ γε 10.96, etc.:—also σύ περ 24.398. 3 σύ c. inf. (as imper.), Hdt.3.134, 4.163. II Dual nom. and acc. σφῶϊ, Il.1.336, 4.286, al., you two, both of you; σφώ (not σφῴ, cf. A.D. Pron.85.17), Il.1.574, 11.782, 13.47, S.OC344, 1543, etc.—Gen. and Dat. σφῶϊν, Il.4.341, al.; contr. σφῷν once in Hom., Od.4.62, and always in Att. (Hdn.Gr.1.475) and Trag., e.g. A.Pr. 12, S.OC342, OT1495, Pl.Lg.892e (codd. Pl. have σφῶϊν in Tht. 193c, al., σφῶν Euthd.273e, al.). None of these forms are enclit., A.D.Pron.38.9, 85.12; cod. A of Pl.Lg.658c, 673e, 689a wrongly makes σφῳν enclit.; Ζεὺς σφὼ is prescribed in Il. 15.146 by Hdn.Gr.2.93.—σφῶϊ is never dat.; in Il.4.286 it is the acc. depending on κελεύω; σφῶϊν is never acc.; in Od.23.52 it is dat. commodi. III Plur. nom. ὑμεῖς, Il.2.75, al. (before a vowel, 4.246, 7.194, al.), Pherecyd.Syr. 11, Democr.29a, Hdt.3.72, etc., ye, you; Aeol. and Ep. ὔμμες Il.1.274, al., Sapph.24, 25; Dor. ὑμές Sophr.60, Ar.Ach.760,761,862; ὑμέν SIG685.118 (Crete, ii B.C.), GDI5155.6 (ibid., ii B.C.); Boeot. οὐμές Corinn.6; a resolved form ὑμέες, Parth.Fr.14, is a poeticlicence (so A.D.Pron.93.3) rather than genuine Ionic (v.l. in Hdt.8.22).— Gen. ὑμῶν, Ar.Ach.143, etc.; ὑμέων (disyll.) Il.7.159, Od.13.7, al., Archil.74.6 (ὑμῶν codd.), Sol.11.5 (v.l. ὑμῶν) ; ὑμέων also Hdt.3.73, 6.130, al.; as trisyll., Herod.2.27; ὑμείων Il.4.348, 7.195, al.; Dor. ὑμέων Sophr.46; also ὑμῶν, A.D.Pron.95.23; Aeol. ὑμμέων Alc. 96; Boeot. οὐμίων Corinn.22.—Dat. ὑμῖν, Od.2.46, Hdt.1.126, etc.; Ion. enclit. ὗμῐν A.D.Pron.97.28, also Dor., Sophr.91; Dor. (not enclit.) ὑμίν [ῐ] Id.92; ὑμίν [ῐ] also in S.Aj.864, 1242, OT991, 1402, Ant.308, El.804, al. (but ὗμιν shd. perh. be restd. where the sense needs an enclitic on the principle stated by A.D.Pron.35.6, 36.5, Synt.130.23); ὕμιν (as enclit.) is prescribed by Hdn.Gr. (2.124) in Il.24.33, by EM432.34 in Od.1.376, 2.141, etc.:—Aeol. and Ep. ὔμμῐ, ὔμμῐν, Od. 2.316, 11.336, al., Hes.Sc.328, Sapph.14, Alc.Supp. 26.9, Pi.O. 11(10).17.—Acc. ὑμᾶς, Ar.Ach.325, etc. (-υ Orph.A.820, v.l. in S.Ph.222; ὗμας or (more prob.) ὕμας is required by the metre in Babr.9.9, 47.11); Ion. ὑμέας (disyll.) Od.21.198, al.; enclit. ὕμεας (disyll.) Herod.2.60 (Pap.); ὑμέας also Hdt.1.126, al.; Aeol. and Ep. ὔμμε Il.23.412, al., Pi.I.6(5).19; also in A.Eu.620 (trim.), and S.Ant.846(lyr.); Dor. ὑμέ Alcm.3, Sophr.52, Ar.Ach.737, Lys.1076, SIG528.3 (Cretan dial., iii B.C.), 622 B 8 (Cretan, ii B.C.).—The pl. is sts. used in addressing one person, when others are included in the speaker's thought, as Od. 12.81, Archil.89. (With σύ cf. Lat. tu, Goth. pu; with τοι Skt. gen. and dat. te; the origin of σφῶϊ is doubtful; with ὑμεῖς cf. Skt. acc. pl. yusmān.)