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|Definition=[[I]]: Pron. of the first person:—Ep. mostly [[ἐγών]] before vowels (so in Dor., before consonants, Epich.85, Sophr.81, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''748,754), rarely in Trag., A.''Pers.''932 (lyr.); Boeot. [[ἱών]] A.D.''Pron.''51.4:—strengthened [[ἔγωγε]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[I at least]], [[for my part]], [[indeed]], [[for myself]] (more freq. in Att. than in Hom.): Dor. [[ἐγώνγα]] Alcm.51, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''736, ''Lys.''986, dat. ἐμίνγα ''IG''22.1126.7 (Amphict. Delph.): Boeot. [[ἱώνγα]] Corinn.21; ἱώνει Ead.10; [[ἰώγα]] [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''898: Lacon. and Tarent. [[ἐγώνη]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], A.D.''Conj.''255.29.<br><span class="bld">II</span> oblique cases from a difft. root, gen. [[ἐμοῦ]], enclit. [[μου]]; Ion. and Ep. [[ἐμέο]], [[ἐμεῦ]], [[μευ]], also [[ἐμέθεν]] Il.1.525, E.''Hel.'' 177 (lyr.); Aeol. [[ἔμεθεν]] Sapph.''Supp.''23.7; [[ἐμεῖο]] ''IG''3.1337; μεθέν Sophr.20; Dor. [[ἐμέος]], [[ἐμεῦς]], Epich.144; Boeot. [[ἐμοῦς]] Corinn.37; also [[ἐμῶς]], [[ἐμίο]], [[ἐμίω]], [[ἐμίως]] A.D.''Pron.''74.17:—dat. [[ἐμοί]], enclit. μοι (which may be compared with Skt. gen. [[me]] in [[κλῦθί μοι]] Il.5.115, al.); [[ὅ]] [[μοι]] [[πόσις]] ''Schwyzer''683 (Cypr.); Dor. [[ἐμίν]] Epich.99, ''AJA''29.461 (Rhodian, v B. C.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''733, Theoc.4.30; Tarent. [[ἐμίνη]] Rhinth.13: acc. [[ἐμέ]], enclit. [[με]]; Cypr. [[μι]] ''Inscr.Cypr.''59,60 H.<br><span class="bld">III</span> dual, nom. and acc., [[νῶι]], [[we two]], Il.5.34, etc.; acc. [[νῶιν]] Zenod.ad Il.8.377; Att. [[νώ]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''278b (also Il.5.219, Od.15.475); [[νῶε]] Antim.39, Corinn. 5: gen., dat. [[νῶιν]]; [[νῷν]] S.''Ant.''3; [[νῶι]] dat., Orph.''L.''773; [[νῶιν]], = [[ἡμῖν]], Q.S.1.213, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> pl., nom. [[ἡμεῖς]] ([[ἡμέες]] [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.6, al., rejected by A.D.''Pron.''93.1); Aeol. [[ἄμμες]] Od.9.303, Alc.18.3, Pi.''P.'' 4.144; Dor. [[ἁμές]] Alcm.65, Epich.42, Ar.''Lys.''168:—gen. [[ἡμῶν]] (also [[ἥμων]] A.D.''Synt.''130.23); Ion. [[ἡμέων]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.112, etc.; [[ἡμείων]] Od.24.170, Herod.1.46; Aeol. [[ἀμμέων]] Alc.88, ''Milet.''3 No.152.29; [[ἄμμων]] ib.74, A.D.''Pron.''95.3; Dor. [[ἁμέων]] Alcm.66; [[ἁμῶν]] [Epich.]266, Ar. ''Lys.''168, Theoc.2.158; Cret., Boeot. [[ἁμίων]] ''SIG''528.5, A.D.''Pron.''95.21:—dat. [[ἡμῖν]], in S. also [[ἡμίν]] (ῐ) (or [[ἧμιν]] Aristarch.ad Il.1.214, A.D. ''Pron.''95.3); also rarely in Com., Phryn.Com.37, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''386 (dub.); Aeol. [[ἄμμιν|ἄμμῐν]], [[ἄμμι|ἄμμῐ]], Il.1.384, Alc.80, al., Pi.''P.''4.155, A.''Th.''156 (lyr.), ''Milet.''3 No.152; ἄμμεσιν Alc.100; Dor. also [[ἁμίν]] or [[ἇμιν]], Alcm.77,78, A.''Eu.''347 (lyr.), Ar.''Lys.''1081; with ῑ, Id.''Ach.''821, Theoc.7.145:—acc. [[ἡμᾶς]] (also [[ἧμας|ἧμᾰς]] Od.16.372); Ion. [[ἡμέας]] Il.8.211, ''SIG''273.25 (Milet., iv B. C.); [[ἥμεας]] Od.4.294 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.140); Aeol. [[ἄμμε]] Il.1.59, Sapph.115, Theocr.8.25; Dor. [[ἁμέ]] ''SIG''1 (Abu Simbel, vi B. C.), Epich.173, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''759 codd., ''Lys.''95.—On these dialectic varieties, v. A.D.''Pron.''50 sqq. (Cf. Skt. ahám ([[ἐγών]]), acc. pl. asmā́n; for [[νώ]] cf. Skt. nau):—freq. in answers, as an affirmative, especially in form [[ἔγωγε]], S.''Tr.''1248, Pl.''Tht.''149b, etc.; [[οὗτος ἐγώ]] = here am ''I'', Pi.''O.'' 4.26; ὅδ' [[ἐκεῖνος]] ἐγώ S.''OC''138 (lyr.); rarely with Art., [[τὸν ἐμέ]] = [[myself]], Pl.''Tht.''166a, ''Sph.''239b (but [[ὁ ἐγώ]] = [[the]] [[Self]], [[the]] [[Ego]], Dam.''Pr.''444); [[τίς]] [[ὢν]] [[οὗτος]] ὁ ἐγὼ [[τυγχάνω]]; Plu.2.1119a; τί ἐστι [[φίλος]]; [[ἄλλος]] ἐγώ Pythag. ap.Herm.''in Phdr.''p.166 A.; [[τί τοῦτ' ἐμοί]]; [[ἡμῖν τί τοῦτ' ἔστ']]; Lat. [[quid mea hoc refert]]? Ar.''Th.''498, etc.; [[ἐγώ]]; in a question, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 1336, al.; [[ἡμεῖς]] [[the]] [[self]], [[ἔνθα]] δὴ ἡμεῖς [[μάλιστα]] Plot.1.1.7.