ἑαυτοῦ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆς, οῦ<b class="b3">, ἑαυτῷ, ῇ, ῷ, ἑαυτόν, ήν, ό</b>, pl. <b class="b3">ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, ἑαυτούς άς, ά</b>: Ion. ἑωυτοῦ <span class="title">SIG</span>57.44 (Milet., v B. C.), etc.; also <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ωὑτῆς <span class="bibl">Herod. 6.84</span>, ωὑτέου <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.7</span> (Ion. <b class="b3">ἑωυ</b>- by contraction of <b class="b3">ἕο αὐ</b>-, from which also Att. <b class="b3">ἑᾱυ</b>-, freq. written <b class="b3">ἑατοῦ</b> in Pap. and Inscrr., as <span class="title">SIG</span> 774.2 (Delph., i B.C.): Att. contr. αὑτοῦ, etc., which is the usual form in Trag., though <b class="b3">ἑαυτοῦ</b>, etc., are used (though rarely) when the metre requires, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>188</span> (anap.), al.; in Att. Inscrr. <b class="b3">αὑτοῦ</b> prevails after B.C. <span class="bibl">300</span>; Cret. ϝιαυτοῦ Kohler-Ziebarth [[Stadtrecht von Gortyn]] <span class="bibl">p.34</span>; Dor. αὐταυτοῦ, αὐσαυτοῦ (q. v.); Thess. εὑτοῦ (dat.), <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.16: gen.pl. ηὑτῶν <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 251 <span class="title">A</span> 44 (Cos):—reflex. Pron. of 3rd pers., [[of himself]], [[herself]], [[itself]], etc.; first in <span class="bibl">Alc.78</span>, Hdt., and Att. (Hom. has <b class="b3">ἕο αὐτοῦ, οἷ αὐτῷ, ἑ αὐτόν</b>): <b class="b3">αὐτὸ ἐφ' ἑαυτό</b> (v.l. -<b class="b3">τοῦ</b>) itself by [[itself]], [[absolutely]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>152b</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτὸ ἐφ' αὑτοῦ</b> ib. <span class="bibl">160b</span>; ὅταν τὸ ἐφ' ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σπεύδῃ <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span>; αὐτὸ καθ' αὑτό <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>157a</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτὰ πρὸς αὑτά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">154e</span>; <b class="b3">ἀφ' ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῦ</b>, of [[themselves]], [[himself]], <span class="bibl">Th. 5.60</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.10.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ</b>, v. [[ἐπί; ἐν ἑαυτῷ γίγνεσθαι]], ἐντὸς ἑαυτοῦ γ., v. [[ἐν]], ἐντός; παρ' ἑαυτῷ at [[his own]] house, ib.<span class="bibl">3.13.3</span>, etc.: esp. with Comp. and Sup., <b class="b3">ἐγένοντο ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν</b> they surpassed [[themselves]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.86</span>; <b class="b3">πλουσιώτεροι ἑαυτῶν</b> continually richer, <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>; θαρραλεώτεροι αὐτοὶ ἑαυτῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>350a</span>, cf. d; <b class="b3">τῇ αὐτὸ ἑωυτοῦ ἐστι μακρότατον</b> at its very greatest length, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">149</span>, <span class="bibl">4.85</span>,<span class="bibl">198</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Att., Trag., and later, <b class="b3">αὑτοῦ</b>, etc., is used for the 1st or 2nd pers., as for ἐμαυτοῦ, αὐτὸς καθ' αὑτοῦ τἄρα μηχανορραφῶ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>221</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>138</span>, etc.; for σεαυτοῦ, μόρον τὸν αὑτῆς οἶσθα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1297</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1141</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>101c</span> (v.l.), <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>59.16</span>, etc.: so in pl., <b class="b3">τὰ αὑτῶν</b>( = [[ἡμῶν αὐτῶν]]) ἐκποριζώμεθα <span class="bibl">Th.1.82</span>; δώσομεν ἑαυτούς <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑαυτοῖς</b> by [[ourselves]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>14.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPar.</span>47.26</span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>7.1</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἑαυτῶν</b>, = [[ὑμῶν αὐτῶν]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPar.</span> 63.128</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> pl., <b class="b3">ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς</b>, etc., is sts. used for <b class="b3">ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις</b>, [[one another]], διάφοροι ἑωυτοῖσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.49</span>; παρακελευόμενοι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς <span class="bibl">Th.4.25</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καθ' αὑτοῖν</b> [[one]] against [[the other]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>144</span> (anap.); πρὸς αὑτούς <span class="bibl">D.18.19</span>; περιιόντες αὑτῶν πυνθάνονται <span class="bibl">Id.4.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>215b</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: 3. sg. and plur. (also referring to the 1. and 2. pers.) of the reflexive pronoun (Ion. Att.).<br />Meaning: [[himself]]<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-τῆς</b>, <b class="b3">-τῳ̃</b>, <b class="b3">-τῃ̃</b> etc., Ion. <b class="b3">ἑωυτοῦ</b> (<b class="b3">ἑωτοῦ</b>), <b class="b3">ωὑτοῦ</b>, Att. also <b class="b3">αὑτοῦ</b> etc., hell. also <b class="b3">ἑατοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">ἁτοῦ</b>, Cret. <b class="b3">Ϝιαυτοῦ</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑαυτότης</b> [[being oneself]] (Procl.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: From univerbation of the reflexive [[ἕ]] (s. v.), <b class="b3">ἑοῖ</b> etc. and <b class="b3">αὑτόν</b>, <b class="b3">-τῳ̃</b> etc. (s. v.): <b class="b3">ἕο αὑτοῦ</b> > Ion. <b class="b3">ἑωυτοῦ</b>, Att. <b class="b3">ἑαυτοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">ἑοῖ αὑτῳ̃</b> > Ion. <b class="b3">ἑωυτῳ̃</b>, Att. <b class="b3">ἑαυτῳ̃</b> etc.; thus also <b class="b3">ἐμεωυτοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">σεωυτοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">ἐμαυτοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">σ(ε)αυτοῦ</b> etc. (Hom. <b class="b3">ἕ αὑτόν</b>, <b class="b3">ἔμ</b>' <b class="b3">αὑτόν</b>, <b class="b3">ἕο αὑτοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">ἐμοὶ αὑτῳ̃</b> etc.). Details in Schwyzer 607 and 402, Schwyzer-Debrunner 193ff.