ἐγώ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="title">I</span>: Pron. of the first person:—Ep. mostly ἐγών before vowels (so in Dor., before consonants, <span class="bibl">Epich.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>748</span>,<span class="bibl">754</span>), rarely in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>932</span> (lyr.); Boeot. ἱών <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>51.4</span>:— strengthd. ἔγωγε, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself</b> (more freq. in Att. than in Hom.): Dor. ἐγώνγα <span class="bibl">Alcm.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>736</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>986</span>, dat. ἐμίνγα <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.7 (Amphict. Delph.): Boeot. ἱώνγα <span class="bibl">Corinn.21</span>; ἱώνει Ead.<span class="bibl">10</span>; ἰώγα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>898</span>: Lacon. and Tarent. ἐγώνη, Hsch., <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Conj.</span>255.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> oblique cases from a difft. root, gen. <b class="b3">ἐμοῦ</b>, enclit. μου; Ion. and Ep. <b class="b3">ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, μευ</b>, also ἐμέθεν <span class="bibl">Il.1.525</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 177</span> (lyr.); Aeol. ἔμεθεν <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.7</span>; ἐμεῖο <span class="title">IG</span>3.1337; μεθέν <span class="bibl">Sophr.20</span>; Dor. <b class="b3">ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς</b>, <span class="bibl">Epich.144</span>; Boeot. ἐμοῦς <span class="bibl">Corinn.37</span>; also ἐμῶς, ἐμίο, ἐμίω, ἐμίως <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>74.17</span>:—dat. <b class="b3">ἐμοί</b>, enclit. μοι (which may be compared with Skt. gen. [[me]] in κλῦθί μοι <span class="bibl">Il.5.115</span>, al.); ὅ μοι πόσις <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>683 (Cypr.); Dor. ἐμίν <span class="bibl">Epich.99</span>, <span class="title">AJA</span>29.461 (Rhodian, v B. C.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>733</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.30</span>; Tarent. ἐμίνη <span class="bibl">Rhinth.13</span>: acc. <b class="b3">ἐμέ</b>, enclit. με; Cypr. μι <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>59,60 H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> dual, nom. and acc., νῶι, <b class="b2">we two</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.34</span>, etc.; acc. <b class="b3">νῶιν</b> Zenod.ad <span class="bibl">Il.8.377</span>; Att. νώ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>278b</span> (also <span class="bibl">Il.5.219</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.475</span>); νῶε <span class="bibl">Antim.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Corinn. 5</span>: gen., dat. νῶιν; νῷν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">νῶι</b> dat., <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>773</span>; <b class="b3">νῶιν</b>, = [[ἡμῖν]], <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.213</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> pl., nom. <b class="b3">ἡμεῖς</b> (<b class="b3">ἡμέες</b> f.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.6</span>, al., rejected by <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>93.1</span>); Aeol. ἄμμες <span class="bibl">Od.9.303</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.18.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 4.144</span>; Dor. ἁμές <span class="bibl">Alcm.65</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>168</span>:—gen. <b class="b3">ἡμῶν</b> (also ἥμων <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>130.23</span>); Ion. ἡμέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.112</span>, etc.; ἡμείων <span class="bibl">Od.24.170</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.1.46</span>; Aeol. ἀμμέων <span class="bibl">Alc.88</span>, <span class="title">Milet.</span>3 No.152.29; <b class="b3">ἄμμων</b> ib.74, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>95.3</span>; Dor. ἁμέων <span class="bibl">Alcm.66</span>; <b class="b3">ἁμῶν</b> [Epich.]<span class="bibl">266</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>168</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.158</span>; Cret., Boeot. ἁμίων <span class="title">SIG</span>528.5, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>95.21</span>:—dat. <b class="b3">ἡμῖν</b>, in S. also <b class="b3">ἡμίν</b> (ῐ) (or <b class="b3">ἧμιν</b> Aristarch.ad <span class="bibl">Il.1.214</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Pron.</span>95.3</span>); also rarely in Com., <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>386</span> (dub.); Aeol. <b class="b3">ἄμμῐν, ἄμμῐ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.384</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.80</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.155</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>156</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">Milet.</span>3 No.152; ἄμμεσιν <span class="bibl">Alc.100</span>; Dor. also <b class="b3">ἁμίν</b> or <b class="b3">ἇμιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Alcm.77</span>,<span class="bibl">78</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>347</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1081</span>; with ῑ, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>821</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.145</span>:—acc. <b class="b3">ἡμᾶς</b> (also ἧμᾰς <span class="bibl">Od.16.372</span>); Ion. ἡμέας <span class="bibl">Il.8.211</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>273.25 (Milet., iv B. C.); ἥμεας <span class="bibl">Od.4.294</span> (cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.140</span>); Aeol. ἄμμε <span class="bibl">Il.1.59</span>, Sapph.115, Theocr.8.25; Dor. ἁμέ <span class="title">SIG</span>1 (Abu Simbel, vi B. C.), <span class="bibl">Epich.173</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>759</span> codd., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>95</span>.—On these dialectic varieties, v. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>50</span> sqq. (Cf. Skt. [[ahám]] (ἐγών), acc. pl. <b class="b2">asmā´n</b>; for <b class="b3">νώ</b> cf. Skt. [[nau]]):—freq. in answers, as an affirmative, esp. in form <b class="b3">ἔγωγε</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1248</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>149b</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὗτος ἐ</b>. here am <span class="title">I</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 4.26</span>; ὅδ' ἐκεῖνος ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>138</span> (lyr.); rarely with Art., <b class="b3">τὸν ἐμέ</b> [[myself]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>166a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>239b</span> (but <b class="b3">ὁ ἐ</b>. <b class="b2">the Self, the Ego</b>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>444</span>); <b class="b3">τίς ὢν οὗτος ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάνω</b>; Plu.2.1119a; τί ἐστι φίλος; ἄλλος ἐ. Pythag. ap.<span class="bibl">Herm.<span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.166</span> A.; <b class="b3">τί τοῦτ' ἐμοί; ἡμῖν τί τοῦτ' ἔστ'</b>; Lat. <b class="b2">quid mea hoc refert</b> ? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>498</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐγώ</b>; in a question, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 1336</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἡμεῖς</b> <b class="b2">the self</b>, ἔνθα δὴ ἡμεῖς μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Plot.1.1.7</span>.</span>