ἐγώ

ἐγώ, I: Pron. of the first person:—[dialect] Ep. mostly [full] ἐγών before vowels (so in [dialect] Dor., before consonants, Epich.85, Sophr.81, Ar.Ach.748,754), rarely in Trag., A.Pers.932 (lyr.); [dialect] Boeot. [full] ἱών A.D.Pron.51.4:— strengthd. [full] ἔγωγε,

A I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more freq. in [dialect] Att. than in Hom.): [dialect] Dor. [full] ἐγώνγα Alcm.51, Ar.Ach.736, Lys.986, dat.

ἐμίνγα IG22.1126.7

(Amphict. Delph.): [dialect] Boeot. [full] ἱώνγα Corinn.21; [full] ἱώνει Ead.10; [full] ἰώγα Ar.Ach.898: [dialect] Lacon. and [dialect] Tarent. [full] ἐγώνη, Hsch., A.D.Conj.255.29.

II oblique cases from a difft. root, gen. ἐμοῦ, enclit. μου; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, μευ, also

ἐμέθεν Il.1.525

, E.Hel. 177 (lyr.); [dialect] Aeol.

ἔμεθεν Sapph.Supp.23.7

;

ἐμεῖο IG3.1337

;

μεθέν Sophr.20

; [dialect] Dor. ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς, Epich.144; [dialect] Boeot.

ἐμοῦς Corinn.37

; also

ἐμῶς, ἐμίο, ἐμίω, ἐμίως A.D.Pron.74.17

:—dat. ἐμοί, enclit. μοι (which may be compared with Skt. gen. me in

κλῦθί μοι Il.5.115

, al.);

ὅ μοι πόσις Schwyzer683

(Cypr.); [dialect] Dor.

ἐμίν Epich.99

, AJA29.461 (Rhodian, v B. C.), Ar.Ach.733, Theoc.4.30; [dialect] Tarent.

ἐμίνη Rhinth.13

: acc. ἐμέ, enclit. με; Cypr. μι Inscr.Cypr.59,60 H.

III dual, nom. and acc., [full] νῶι, we two, Il.5.34, etc.; acc. νῶιν Zenod.ad Il.8.377; [dialect] Att.

νώ Pl.Phdr.278b

(also Il.5.219, Od.15.475);

νῶε Antim.39

, Corinn. 5: gen., dat.

νῶιν; νῷν S.Ant.3

; νῶι dat., Orph.L.773; νῶιν, = ἡμῖν, Q.S.1.213, etc.

IV pl., nom. ἡμεῖς (ἡμέες f.l. in Hdt.2.6, al., rejected by A.D.Pron.93.1); [dialect] Aeol.

ἄμμες Od.9.303

, Alc.18.3, Pi.P. 4.144; [dialect] Dor.

ἁμές Alcm.65

, Epich.42, Ar.Lys.168:—gen. ἡμῶν (also

ἥμων A.D.Synt.130.23

); [dialect] Ion.

ἡμέων Hdt.1.112

, etc.;

ἡμείων Od.24.170

, Herod.1.46; [dialect] Aeol.

ἀμμέων Alc.88

, Milet.3 No.152.29; ἄμμων ib.74, A.D.Pron.95.3; [dialect] Dor.

ἁμέων Alcm.66

; ἁμῶν [Epich.]266, Ar. Lys.168, Theoc.2.158; Cret., [dialect] Boeot.

ἁμίων SIG528.5

, A.D.Pron.95.21:—dat. ἡμῖν, in S. also ἡμίν ([etym.] ῐ) (or ἧμιν Aristarch.ad Il.1.214, A.D. Pron.95.3); also rarely in Com., Phryn.Com.37, Ar.Av.386 (dub.); [dialect] Aeol. ἄμμῐν, ἄμμῐ, Il.1.384, Alc.80, al., Pi.P.4.155, A.Th.156 (lyr.), Milet.3 No.152;

ἄμμεσιν Alc.100

; [dialect] Dor. also ἁμίν or ἇμιν, Alcm.77,78, A.Eu.347 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.1081; with [pron. full] ῑ, Id.Ach.821, Theoc.7.145:—acc. ἡμᾶς (also

ἧμᾰς Od.16.372

); [dialect] Ion.

ἡμέας Il.8.211

, SIG273.25 (Milet., iv B. C.);

ἥμεας Od.4.294

(cf. Hdn.Gr.2.140); [dialect] Aeol.

ἄμμε Il.1.59

, Sapph.115, Theocr.8.25; [dialect] Dor.

ἁμέ SIG1

(Abu Simbel, vi B. C.), Epich.173, Ar.Ach.759 codd., Lys.95.—On these dialectic varieties, v. A.D.Pron.50 sqq. (Cf. Skt. ahám ([etym.] ἐγών), acc. pl. asmā´n; for νώ cf. Skt. nau):—freq. in answers, as an affirmative, esp. in form ἔγωγε, S.Tr.1248, Pl.Tht.149b, etc.; οὗτος ἐ. here am I, Pi.O. 4.26;

ὅδ' ἐκεῖνος ἐ. S.OC138

(lyr.); rarely with Art., τὸν ἐμέ myself, Pl.Tht.166a, Sph.239b (but ὁ ἐ. the Self, the Ego, Dam.Pr.444); τίς ὢν οὗτος ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάνω; Plu.2.1119a;

τί ἐστι φίλος; ἄλλος ἐ. Pythag.

ap.Herm.in Phdr.p.166 A.; τί τοῦτ' ἐμοί; ἡμῖν τί τοῦτ' ἔστ'; Lat. quid mea hoc refert ? Ar.Th.498, etc.; ἐγώ; in a question, Ar.Eq. 1336, al.; ἡμεῖς the self,

ἔνθα δὴ ἡμεῖς μάλιστα Plot.1.1.7

.