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|Definition=[[μία]], [[ἕν]] ([[μίη]] only in late Ion. Prose): gen. [[ἑνός]], [[μιᾶς]], [[ἑνός]]:—Ep. [[ἕεις]] Hes.''Th.''145, ''AP''7.341 (Procl.), cj.in Il.5.603:—Dor. [[ἧς]] Rhinth. 12, ''Tab.Heracl.''1.136:—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. fem.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἴᾰ Il.13.354, prob. in Hp.''Morb.''4.37; acc. ἴαν Alc.33.6(prob.), Sapph.69.1 (cf. [[μηδεΐα]]), Corinn.''Supp.''2.56, ''IG''9(2).517.22(Thess.); gen.ἰῆς Il.16.173,24.496; dat. ἰῇ 9.319, 11.174, etc.: neut. dat. (ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) 6.422. (In Com. <b class="b3">οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν</b>, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, Cratin.302,Ar.''Ra.''927, ''Pl.''37,138,al.) (Orig. ἕνς, assim. [[ἔν]] (δ) prob. in ''Leg.Gort.''9.50, from *εμς, I.-Eur. [[sem]]-(cf. [[ὁμός]]); [[μία]] from sm-ία; [[ἴα]] is not related to [[μία]], but prob. to pronom. stem i-(Lat. [[is]]), cf. [[ἰός]].)<br><span class="bld">1</span> as a Numeral, εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω Il.2.204, etc.; strengthened, <b class="b3">εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη</b>, a single<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one]], [[one]] alone, 4.397, Od.7.65; μία μούνη 23.227; εἷς μοῦνος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.119, Ar.''Pl.''1053, etc.; εἷς καὶ μόνος D.H.1.74; εἷς ὤν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''247, E.''Ph.''894, etc.; opp.πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1456, cf.1465, ''Ch.''299, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> emphatically with a Sup., εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος Il.12.243, etc.: freq. in Trag., εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''327; πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε S.''Tr.''460; κάλλιστ' ἀνὴρ εἷς Id.''OT''1380; ἕνακριθέντ' ἄριστον Id.''Ph.''1344; also in Prose, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.127, cf. Th.8.68; Μυτιληναίους μάλιστα δὴ μίαν πόλιν Id.3.39; πάντων εἷς ἀνὴρ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν D.18.143: without a Sup., Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ' A.''Th.''6.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in oppos., made emphatic by the Art., <b class="b3">ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία</b>, Il.20.272, Od.20.110, Pl.''Cri.''48a; τοῦ ἑνὸς οἱ δύο ἀγαθοὶ βελτίους Arist.''Pol.''1287b13, cf. Theoc.6.22.<br><span class="bld">d</span> with a neg., <b class="b3">εἷς οὐδείς</b> no [[single man]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32; ἓν οὐδὲ ἓν ἴαμα Th.2.51; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ</b> in no other [[single]] country, Id.1.80; <b class="b3">οὐχ εἷς</b>, i.e. more than [[one]], A.''Th.''103, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''96; <b class="b3">εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.</b>., emphatic for [[οὐδείς]], [[μηδείς]], Ar.''Th.''549, X.''An.''5.6.12; more emphatic, <b class="b3">οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς</b>, v. [[οὐδείς]], [[μηδείς]].<br><span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">εἷς ἕκαστος</b> each [[one]], each [[by himself]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.123, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 332c, etc.; <b class="b3">αἴσθησις μία ἑνός</b> (''[[sc.]] '' [[γένους]]) [[one]] of [[each]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1003b19: pl., ἑκάτεροι ἕνες ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''276.8 (i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">f</span> with <b class="b3">κατά, καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον</b> each [[singly]], piece by piece, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.9, etc.; [[καθ' ἕν]] = [[one by one]], Pl.''Sph.''217a, etc.; [[καθ' ἕν]], τό, [[list]], PEleph.20.7 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">καθ' ἕν' ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν</b> to deprive each of us [[singly]], D.21.142, cf. Men.''Epit.''164,186; [[εἷς κατὰ εἷς]] = [[one by one]], Ev.Marc.14.19; but [[καθ' ἓν γίγνεσθαι]], [[καθ' ἓν εἶναι]], to [[be united]], Th.8.46, X. ''HG''5.2.16.<br><span class="bld">g</span> with other Preps., ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός [[above all]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 331b, ''Phlb.''63c; but μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς [[alternately]], PStrassb.25.13, etc.; ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι [[one by one]], [[separately]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.67; ἐπὶ ἑνός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''157a; ἓν ἐφ' ἑνί Id.''Sph.''229b, ''Lg.''758b: <b class="b3">ἓν πρὸς ἕν</b>, with or without [[συμβάλλειν]], in comparisons, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.50, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 647b; πρὸς ἕν' εἷς D.21.131: παρ' ἕνα [[alternately]], Luc.''Salt.''12; εἰς ἓν συναγαγεῖν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1640; ἰσχὺς τοσαύτη εἰς ἓν ξυστᾶσα Th.6.85; εἰς ἓν μοίρας συνέκυρσας [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''1172; ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν Il.2.379; in full, ἐς μίαν βουλήν Th.5.111; εἰς μίαν νοεῖν Ael.''NA''5.9; ἓν ἐξ ἑνὸς ἐπισεσώρευκεν Arr.''Epict.''1.10.5, cf. Luc.''Asin.''54; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μιᾶς</b> with [[one accord]], Ev.Luc.14.18; [[ὑφ' ἕν]] = [[at once]], S.E.''M.''10.124; also ὑφ' ἓν θέσθαι τὸ ὂν τῷ μὴ ὄντι Plot.6.2.1; cf. [[ὑφέν]].<br><span class="bld">h</span> in compd. numerals, as an ordinal, <b class="b3">τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει]</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.89, cf.Th.8.109, etc.; so in Att. Inscrr., ''IG''2.660.30, al,: later [[εἷς]] alone, = [[first]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''1.5; <b class="b3">μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός</b> ib.8.13.<br><span class="bld">i</span> [[μίαν μίαν]] = [[κατὰ μίαν]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''201; εἷς εἷς [[LXX]] ''1 Ch.''24.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[one]], i.e. [[the same]], τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ Il. 3.238, etc.; <b class="b3">εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός</b> [[one]] and the same, ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1039a28, etc.; ὑπὸ μίαν καὶ τὰν αὐτὰν ἀρχάν Perict. ap. Stob.3.1.121; ταὐτὸν καὶ ἕν Arist.''Ph.''201b3; so ἓν καὶ ὅμοιον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 271a; εἷς καὶ κοινός Plu.2.699f: c. dat., ἐμοὶ μιᾶς ἐγένετ' ἐκ ματρός E. ''Ph.''156; ἐκ μιᾶς οἰνοχόης Ἐπικούρῳ πεπωκότες Plu.2.1089a.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[possessing unity]], ἧττον μία ἡ μίμησις ἡ τῶν ἐποποιῶν Arist.''Po.''1462b3; λίαν ἓν ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν Id.''Pol.''1263b7; τὰ κυρίως ἕνα Dam.''Pr.'' 437.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[one]], opp. [[another]], ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1139a6, ''Pol.'' 1285b38, etc.; ὁ μὲν..εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ' αὖ.. Od.3.421 sq., cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 369d; εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. X.''HG''1.7.23.<br><span class="bld">4</span> indefinitely, <b class="b3">εἷς τις</b> some [[one]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''118, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 471e, etc.; ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τρόπου Th.6.34; rarely τις εἷς S.''Ant.''269, Pl.''Prm.''145d; <b class="b3">εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος</b> each [[single]] one was suspected, S.''Ant.''262; εἷς ὁστισοῦν Arist.''Pol.'' 1325b28; <b class="b3">εἷς ὁ πρῶτος</b>, Germ. [[der erste beste]], Is.8.33, D.1.9, cf. Luc. ''Herm.''61: alone, like our indef. Art., a, [[an]], Κάδμου θυγατέρων μιᾷ E.''Ba.''917; <b class="b3">εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός</b>, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1292, Th.4.50; εἷς Ἀθηναίων D.21.87, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''21.15, ''Ev.Matt.''21.19, etc.; <b class="b3">εἷς ἀπό</b>.. [[LXX]] ''Le.''6.3(22).<br><span class="bld">5</span> οὐχ εἷς [[many]], A.''Th.''103, Call.''Dian.''33; <b class="b3">οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο</b> not [[one]] or two only, D.29.12; <b class="b3">οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο</b> not [[once]] nor twice, [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''6.10; ἓν ἢ καὶ δύο ληφθὲν μαρτύριον Plb.2.38.10; εἷς ἢ δεύτερος Jul.''Or.''6.190d: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ</b> [[one]] man's no man, D.Chr.48.10.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Math., <b class="b3">τὸ ἕν</b> [[unity]], opp. [[πλῆθος]], Pythag.''Fr.''5, etc.: pl., ἕνα [[units]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1056b21; ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἕνα πλείω Id.''Ph.'' 207b7; τῶν προτέρων ἑνῶν Dam.''Pr.''460.<br><span class="bld">7</span> Philos., [[ἕν]], τό, [[unity]], the [[One]], ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα Heraclit.10, cf.Emp.17.1, etc.: later indecl., ἓν εἶναι τοῦ ἓν παρουσίᾳ Plot.6.6.14, cf.5.5.5.