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ἑαυτοῦ

ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῆς, ἑαυτοῦ, himself, herself, itself

ἑαυτοῦ, ῆς, οῦ, ἑαυτῷ, ῇ, ῷ, ἑαυτόν, ήν, ό, pl. ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, ἑαυτούς άς, ά: Ion. ἑωυτοῦ SIG 57.44 (Milet., v B. C.), etc.; also ωὑτῆς Herod. 6.84, ωὑτέου Aret. SA 1.7 (Ion. ἑωυ- by contraction of ἕο αὐ-, from which also Att. ἑᾱυ-, freq. written ἑατοῦ in Pap. and Inscrr., as SIG 774.2 (Delph., i B.C.): Att. contr. αὑτοῦ, etc., which is the usual form in Trag., though ἑαυτοῦ, etc., are used (though rarely) when the metre requires, A. Pr. 188 (anap.), al.; in Att. Inscrr. αὑτοῦ prevails after B.C. 300; Cret. ϝιαυτοῦ Kohler-Ziebarth Stadtrecht von Gortyn p.34; Dor. αὐταυτοῦ, αὐσαυτοῦ (q. v.); Thess. εὑτοῦ (dat.), IG 9(2).517.16: gen.pl. ηὑτῶν Schwyzer 251 A 44 (Cos):—
  • Αreflex. Pron. of 3rd pers., of himself, herself, itself, etc.; first in Alc. 78, Hdt., and Att. (Hom. has ἕο αὐτοῦ, οἷ αὐτῷ, ἑ αὐτόν): αὐτὸ ἐφʼ ἑαυτό (v.l. -τοῦ) itself by itself, absolutely, Pl. Tht. 152b; αὐτὸ ἐφʼ αὑτοῦ ib. 160b; ὅταν τὸ ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σπεύδῃ Th. 1.141; αὐτὸ καθʼ αὑτό Pl. Tht. 157a; αὐτὰ πρὸς αὑτά ib. 154e; ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῦ, of themselves, himself, Th. 5.60, X. Mem. 2.10.3; ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῦ, v. ἐπί; ἐν ἑαυτῷ γίγνεσθαι, ἐντὸς ἑαυτοῦ γ., v. ἐν, ἐντός; παρʼ ἑαυτῷ at his own house, ib. 3.13.3, etc.: esp. with Comp. and Sup., ἐγένοντο ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν they surpassed themselves, Hdt. 8.86; πλουσιώτεροι ἑαυτῶν continually richer, Th. 1.8; θαρραλεώτεροι αὐτοὶ ἑαυτῶν Pl. Prt. 350a, cf. d; τῇ αὐτὸ ἑωυτοῦ ἐστι μακρότατον at its very greatest length, Hdt. 2.8, cf. 149, 4.85, 198.
    • II in Att., Trag., and later, αὑτοῦ, etc., is used for the 1st or 2nd pers., as for ἐμαυτοῦ, αὐτὸς καθʼ αὑτοῦ τἄρα μηχανορραφῶ A. Ch. 221, cf. S. OT 138, etc.; for σεαυτοῦ, μόρον τὸν αὑτῆς οἶσθα A. Ag. 1297, cf. 1141, Pl. Phd. 101c (v.l.), Ph. Bel. 59.16, etc.: so in pl., τὰ αὑτῶν ( = ἡμῶν αὐτῶν) ἐκποριζώμεθα Th. 1.82; δώσομεν ἑαυτούς Epicur. Sent.Vat. 47; ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς by ourselves, LXX 1 Ki. 14.9, cf. PPar. 47.26 (ii B. C.), 2 Ep.Cor. 7.1, etc.; ἑαυτῶν, = ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, PPar. 63.128 (ii B. C.).
    • III pl., ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, etc., is sts. used for ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις, one another, διάφοροι ἑωυτοῖσι Hdt. 3.49; παρακελευόμενοι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Th. 4.25, etc.; καθʼ αὑτοῖν one against the other, S. Ant. 144 (anap.); πρὸς αὑτούς D. 18.19; περιιόντες αὑτῶν πυνθάνονται Id. 4.10, cf. Pl. Ly. 215b.

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