ἐμός

ἐμός, ή, όν, possess. Pron. of [ per.] 1st pers.: ([etym.] ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):—

A mine; [var] contr. with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Com., τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται 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. [full] ἀμός (q.v.):

I with a Subst.:

1 subjectively, mine, of me,

ἐμὰ δάκρυα Il.1.42

; χεῖρες ἐμαί ib.166;

ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός Hes.Op.633

: with the Art.,

τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον Il.4.42

, etc.: in Poets sts. joined with gen., to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, 6.446, Od.2.45;

δαὴρ . . ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος Il.3.180

;

θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς A.Ag.1323

;

τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά S.OC344

, cf.El.252;

τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ . . βίον Ar.Pl.33

.

b mine, i.e. favourable to me,

τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων Antipho 2.4.10

.

2 objectively, relating to me, against me,

ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Il.19.336

;

τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od.2.97

; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, A.Pers.699 (troch.); τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings to me, S.El.343; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love for me, Id.OT969; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, Th.6.90; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift to me, X.Cyr.8.3.32; sts. with another gen. added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L. by me, S.OT572; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, ib.1400; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις) her gifts to me, E.Hel.364 (anap.).

II without a Subst., mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον my word, Il.1.526; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis my counsel, Pi.I.8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E.Ion1020, Pl.Lg. 664b.

2 ἐμοί my friends, Il.20.205;

οἱ ἐμοί X.Cyr.3.2.28

, etc.; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος my dear Heraclitus, Arr.Epict.2.2.17.

3 τὰ ἐμά my property, Pl.Prt.310e, etc.; of children, S.El.538, OC922;

τὸ τύπτειν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἀδίκως Pl.Grg.508e

; of servants. PEdgar 4.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, Hdt.4.127;

τὰ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμόν S.Aj.124

;

ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶς X.Cyr.6.1.3

;

τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττει Pl.R.463e

, etc.; in full,

τοὐμὸν μέρος S.Tr.1215

: hence in Trag. and [dialect] Att., my conduct (almost periphr. for ἐγώ), Id.El.1302, Tr.1068, Ar.Th.105;

τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται Lys.8.19

, cf. Pl.Grg.452c, etc.: abs., τό γε ἐμόν for my part, as far as concerns me, Hdt.1.108, Pl.Prt.338c, Sph.237b.

4 ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) my country, Th.6.78; also (sc. γνώμη) my opinion,

ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ Pl. R.397d

; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. Ar.Ec.153, Pl.Plt.277a.