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