ἐγώ, I:
pronoun of the first person:—
Epic dialect mostly
ἐγών before vowels (so in
Doric dialect, before consonants, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Boeotian dialect ἱών [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— strengthened
ἔγωγε,
I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more frequently in
Attic dialect than in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
Doric dialect ἐγώνγα [
Refs 7th c.BC+]:
Boeotian dialect ἱώνγα [
Refs 6th c.BC+];
ἱώνει [
Refs];
ἰώγα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
Laconian dialect and
Tarentum dialect ἐγώνη, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) oblique cases from a different root,
genitive ἐμοῦ,
enclitic μο;
Ionic dialect and
Epic dialect ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, μευ, also ἐμέθεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect ἔμεθεν [
Refs 7th c.BC+];
Doric dialect ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Boeotian dialect ἐμοῦς [
Refs 6th c.BC+] — _dative_ ἐμοί,
enclitic μοι (which may be compared with Sanskrit
genitive me in κλῦθί μοι [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Doric dialect ἐμίν [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Tarentum dialect ἐμίνη [
Refs 3rd c.BC+],
enclitic μ; [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
III) dual,
nominative and
accusative,
νῶι,
we two, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
accusative νῶιν Zenod.ad [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Attic dialect νώ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῶι
dative, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; νῶιν, ={ἡμῖν}, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
IV)
plural,
nominative ἡμεῖς (ἡμέες
falsa lectio in [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect ἄμμες [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Doric dialect ἁμές [
Refs 7th c.BC+];
Ionic dialect ἡμέων [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect ἀμμέων [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἄμμων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
Doric dialect ἁμέων [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἁμῶν [[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect,
Boeotian dialect ἁμίων [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (ῐ) (or ἧμιν Aristarch.ad [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also rarely in Comedy texts, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect ἄμμῐν, ἄμμῐ, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Doric dialect also ἁμίν or ἇμιν, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; with ῑ, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Ionic dialect ἡμέας [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἥμεας [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect ἄμμε [
Refs 8th c.BC+], Theocr.8.25;
Doric dialect ἁμέ [
Refs 6th c.BC+]—On these dialectic varieties, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
ff. (Cf. Sanskrit
ahám (ἐγών),
accusative plural asmā´n; for νώ cf. Sanskrit
nau):—frequently in answers, as an affirmative, especially in form ἔγωγε, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗτος ἐ. here am [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely with
Article, τὸν ἐμέ
myself, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
the Self, the Ego, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; τίς ὢν οὗτος ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάν; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί τοῦτ᾽ ἐμο; ἡμῖν τί τοῦτ᾽ ἔστ; Latin
quid mea hoc refert? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγ; in a question, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμεῖς
the self, ἔνθα δὴ ἡμεῖς μάλιστα [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]