εἷς

εἷς, μίᾰ, ἕν (μίη only in late [dialect] Ion. Prose): gen. ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός:—[dialect] Ep. [full] ἕεις Hes.Th.145, AP7.341 (Procl.), cj.in Il.5.603:—[dialect] Dor. [full] ἧς Rhinth. 12, Tab.Heracl.1.136:—[dialect] Ep., [dialect] Aeol., and [dialect] Ion. fem.

A

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, IG9(2).517.22(Thess.); gen.

ἰῆς Il.16.173

,24.496; dat.

ἰῇ 9.319

, 11.174, etc.: neut. dat. ([etym.] ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) 6.422. (In Com. οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, Cratin.302,Ar.Ra.927, Pl.37,138,al.) (Orig. [full] ἕνς, assim. ἔν ([etym.] 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.)

1 as a Numeral, εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω Il.2.204, etc.; strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, a single

A one, one alone, 4.397, Od.7.65;

μία μούνη 23.227

;

εἷς μοῦνος Hdt.1.119

, Ar.Pl.1053, etc.;

εἷς καὶ μόνος D.H.1.74

;

εἷς ὤν S.OT247

, E.Ph.894, etc.; opp.

πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα A.Ag.1456

, cf.1465, Ch.299, etc.

b emphatically with a [comp] Sup.,

εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος Il.12.243

, etc.: freq. in Trag.,

εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών A.Pers.327

;

πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε S.Tr.460

;

κάλλιστ' ἀνὴρ εἷς Id.OT1380

;

ἕνακριθέντ' ἄριστον Id.Ph.1344

; also in Prose,

ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο 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 [comp] Sup.,

Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ' A.Th.6

.

c in oppos., made emphatic by the Art., ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία, Il.20.272, Od.20.110, Pl.Cri.48a;

τοῦ ἑνὸς οἱ δύο ἀγαθοὶ βελτίους Arist.Pol.1287b13

, cf. Theoc.6.22.

d with a neg., εἷς οὐδείς no single man, Hdt.1.32;

ἓν οὐδὲ ἓν ἴαμα Th.2.51

; οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ in no other single country, Id.1.80; οὐχ εἷς, i.e. more than one, A.Th.103, E.Andr.96; εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.., emphatic for οὐδείς, μηδείς, Ar.Th.549, X.An.5.6.12; more emphatic, οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς, v. οὐδείς, μηδείς.

e εἷς ἕκαστος each one, each by himself, Hdt. 1.123, Pl.Prt.332c, etc.; αἴσθησις μία ἑνός (sc. γένους) one of each, Arist.Metaph.1003b19: pl.,

ἑκάτεροι ἕνες POxy.276.8

(i A.D.).

f with κατά, καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον each singly, piece by piece, Hdt.1.9, etc.; καθ' ἕν one by one, Pl.Sph.217a, etc.; καθ' ἕν, τό, list, PEleph.20.7 (iii B.C.), etc.; καθ' ἕν' ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν 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, εἶναι, to be united, Th.8.46, X. HG5.2.16.

g with other Preps.,

ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός

above all,

Pl.R. 331b

, Phlb.63c; but

μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς

alternately,

PStrassb.25.13

, etc.;

ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι

one by one, separately,

Hdt. 4.67

;

ἐπὶ ἑνός Pl.Tht.157a

;

ἓν ἐφ' ἑνί Id.Sph.229b

, Lg.758b: ἓν πρὸς ἕν, with or without συμβάλλειν, in comparisons, Hdt.4.50, Pl.Lg. 647b;

πρὸς ἕν' εἷς D.21.131

:

παρ' ἕνα

alternately,

Luc.Salt.12

;

εἰς ἓν συναγαγεῖν E.Or.1640

;

ἰσχὺς τοσαύτη εἰς ἓν ξυστᾶσα Th.6.85

;

εἰς ἓν μοίρας συνέκυρσας E.Andr.1172

;

ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν Il.2.379

; in full,

ἐς μίαν βουλήν Th.5.111

;

εἰς μίαν νοεῖν Ael.NA5.9

;

ἓν ἐξ ἑνὸς ἐπισεσώρευκεν Arr.Epict.1.10.5

, cf. Luc.Asin.54; ἀπὸ μιᾶς 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.

h in compd. numerals, as an ordinal, τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει] Hdt.5.89, cf.Th.8.109, etc.; so in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG2.660.30, al,: later εἷς alone,=first, LXXGe.1.5; μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός ib.8.13.

i μίαν μίαν, = κατὰ μίαν, S.Fr.201;

εἷς εἷς LXX 1 Ch.24.6

.

2 one, i.e. the same,

τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ Il. 3.238

, etc.; εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός one and the same,

ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ Arist.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 Pl.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

.

b 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

.

3 one, opp. another,

ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. Arist.EN1139a6

, Pol. 1285b38, etc.;

ὁ μὲν..εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ' αὖ.. Od.3.421

sq., cf. Pl.R.369d;

εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. X.HG1.7.23

.

4 indefinitely, εἷς τις some one, S.OT118, Pl.Grg.471e, etc.;

ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τρόπου Th.6.34

; rarely

τις εἷς S.Ant.269

, Pl.Prm.145d; εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος each single one was suspected, S.Ant.262;

εἷς ὁστισοῦν Arist.Pol. 1325b28

; εἷς ὁ πρῶτος, 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

; εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός, Ar.Av.1292, Th.4.50;

εἷς Ἀθηναίων D.21.87

, cf. LXXGe.21.15, Ev.Matt.21.19, etc.; εἷς ἀπό.. LXX Le.6.3(22).

5

οὐχ εἷς

many,

A.Th.103

, Call.Dian.33; οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο not one or two only, D.29.12; οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο 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

: prov., εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ one man's no man, D.Chr.48.10.

6 Math., τὸ ἕν unity, opp.πλῆθος, Pythag.Fr.5, etc.: pl.,

ἕνα

units,

Arist.Metaph.1056b21

;

ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἕνα πλείω Id.Ph. 207b7

;

τῶν προτέρων ἑνῶν Dam.Pr.460

.

7 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.