ἐμός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐμή, ἐμόν, possess. Pron. of 1st pers.: ([[ἐγώ]], [[ἐμοῦ]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mine]]; contr. with the Art., [[οὑμός]], [[τοὐμόν]], [[τοὐμοῦ]], [[τὠμῷ]], [[τἀμά]], [[χὠμός]], Trag. (not Com., <b class="b3">τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται</b> 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]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> with a Subst.:<br><span class="bld">1</span> subjectively, [[mine]], [[of me]], ἐμὰ δάκρυα Il.1.42; <b class="b3">χεῖρες ἐμαί</b> ib.166; ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός Hes.''Op.''633: with the Art., τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον Il.4.42, etc.: in Poets sometimes joined with [[genitive]], to [[strengthen]] the [[possessive]] [[notion]], <b class="b3">ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ</b> [[mine]] own, 6.446, Od.2.45; δαὴρ.. ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος Il.3.180; θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς A.''Ag.''1323; τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''344, cf.''El.''252; τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ.. βίον Ar.''Pl.''33.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[mine]], i.e. [[favourable to me]], τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων Antipho 2.4.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> objectively, [[relating to me]], [[against me]], ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Il.19.336; τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od.2.97; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ</b> [[respect]] [[for me]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''699 (troch.); <b class="b3">τἀμὰ νουθετήματα</b> [[warning]]s to [[me]], S.''El.''343; <b class="b3">τὠμῷ πόθῳ</b> by [[love]] [[for me]], Id.''OT''969; <b class="b3">αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί</b> [[slander]]s [[against me]], Th.6.90; <b class="b3">δωρεὰ ἐμή</b> a gift to [[me]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.32; sometimes with another gen. added, <b class="b3">τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς</b> murder of L. [[by me]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''572; <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός</b> his [[blood]] [[shed]] [[by me]], ib.1400; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος</b> (Dind. for [[Κύπρις]]) her [[gift]]s to [[me]], E.''Hel.''364 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> without a Subst., [[mine]], <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον</b> [[my word]], Il.1.526; <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι]</b> 'tis my [[counsel]], Pi.''I.''8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is [[my duty]], [[my business]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1020, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 664b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἐμοί]] = [[my friends]], Il.20.205; οἱ ἐμοί [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.2.28, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος</b> [[my dear]] [[Heraclitus]], Arr.''Epict.''2.2.17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἐμά</b> [[my property]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310e, etc.; of children, S.''El.''538, ''OC''922; τὸ τύπτειν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἀδίκως [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 508e; of servants. ''PEdgar'' 4.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; but also <b class="b3">τὰ ἐμά</b> or <b class="b3">τὸ ἐμόν</b>, [[my part]], [[my affairs]], [[my interest]], <b class="b3">οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει</b> things stand thus [[with me]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.127; τὰ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμόν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''124; ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.3; τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 463e, etc.; in full, τοὐμὸν μέρος S.''Tr.''1215: hence in Trag. and Att., [[my conduct]] (almost [[periphrasis]] for [[ἐγώ]]), Id.''El.''1302, ''Tr.''1068, Ar.''Th.''105; τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται Lys.8.19, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 452c, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">τό γε ἐμόν</b> [[for my part]], [[as far as concerns me]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.108, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 338c, ''Sph.''237b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἐμή</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆ]]) [[my country]], Th.6.78; also (''[[sc.]]'' [[γνώμη]]) [[my opinion]], ἐὰν ἡ ἐμή νικᾷ Pl. ''R.''397d; <b class="b3">κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν</b> Ar.''Ec.''153, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 277a.