LogeionPerseus analysis of σφίσιν:
σφισιν,σφεῖς (Rendic.Pont. Accad.Rom. di Arch): masc/fem dat pl
LSJ entry
σφεῖς
σφεῖς,
2. Gen. σφέων,
in Hom. a monosyll., and sts. enclitic, Il. 18.311,
Od. 3.134;
poet. σφείων only in Il.,
and always in phrase ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων,
4.535,
5.626,
13.148;
σφέων also in Hdt. 2.4,
4.35,
al.; Att. σφῶν IG 12.39.67,
al., Th. 1.120,
al., Antipho 6.23,
etc., also in Hom. in the phrase σφῶν αὐτῶν,
Il. 12.155,
19.302.
3. Dat. σφίσι (
ν)
or σφισι (
ν)
4.2,
17.453,
22.288,
474,
A. Pr. 481,
Hdt. 1.4,
al., Th. 1.19,
al., X. HG 1.7.5,
etc.; more freq. in the forms σφι, σφιν,
Il. 2.612,
614,
al., A. Pr. 254,
al., Hdt. 1.31,
al. (not in Att. Prose); in Trag. never σφι;
sts. elided σφʼ,
Il. 3.300,
8.4,
etc.; σφιν also in Dor. Prose, SIG 56.48
(Argos, v B.C.),
IG 22.1126.25
(Delph. Amphict., iv B.C.),
Schwyzer 92.5
(Argos, iii B.C.),
Anon. in PSI 9.1091.21:—
σφίσι (
ν)
is not enclitic acc. to A.D. Pron. 98.12,
sts. enclitic acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.42 (who says elsewh. (
2.57)
that pronouns beginning with σφ- are always enclitic); σφι (
ν)
is enclitic, exc. at the beginning of a phrase, as σφὶν δʼ αὐτοῖς Hes. Fr. 49 (cited by A.D. Pron. 98.11).
4. Acc., Ep. and Ion. σφέᾰς (enclit. σφεας)
Hom. (v. infr.), Archil. 27.2,
Hdt. 1.4,
5,
al.; freq. to be pronounced as one long syllable, as in οὐ μέν σφεας ἔτʼ ἔολπα Od. 8.315,
cf. 480,
13.213,
276;
but also as a disyll., Il. 12.43,
Od. 12.225,
al.; σφᾰς enclit. in Il. 5.567,
Parm. 1.12,
Theoc. 21.16,
not enclit. in Opp. C. 1.471,
H. 2.231;
Att. σφᾶς IG 12.101.3,
Th. 1.24,
E. Med. 1378,
Or. 1127,
etc.; enclit. σφας [ᾱ,
cf. S. Ant. 128 (anap.)] S. OT 1470,
1508,
OC 486;
also σφε Il. 19.265,
Simon. 99,
Pi. P. 5.86,
A. Th. 630 (lyr.), 788 (lyr.), 864 (anap.), S. OT 1505,
OC 605,
1669,
E. Med. 394,
etc.; never in Com. (for Ar. Eq. 1020 is a burlesque oracle), nor in Att. Prose; once in Hdt. (
7.170,
sed leg. σφέας):
neut. σφεα (v. infr. III). II. Rare dialectic forms:—Lacon. dat. φιν,
EM 702.41;
used also by Emp. 22.3,
Call. Dian. 125,
213,
Fr. 183,
Nic. Th. 725:
Aeol. dat. and acc. ἄσφι, ἄσφε,
Sapph. 43,
Alc. 73:
Syrac. dat. and acc. ψιν, ψε,
Sophr. 93,
94,
Theoc. 4.3;
ψε and ψεαυτόνς also Cretan, Rendic.Pont. Accad.Rom. di Arch.7.106,
Riv.Fil. 58(1930).473;
Cret. dat. ψιναυτοῖς Riv.Ist.Arch. 2.19:
Arc. dat. σφεις IG 5(2).6.10, 18 (
Tegea).-- For the dual v. σφωέ: like other pl. forms σφε can be used with reference to two persons, Il. 11.111,
Od. 8.271,
21.192,
206;
so σφεας,
Il. 11.128.
I. they, them,
pl. of οὗ B.I, ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il. 18.311;
τῶ σφεων πολέες κακὸν οἶτον ἐπέσπον Od. 3.134;
μετὰ δέ σφισι πότνια Ἥβη νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει Il. 4.2;
οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει 2.614;
ἐγώ σφισιν ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων A. Pr. 481,
cf. 443,
457,
S. OT 1470,
al., E. Med. 1378;
this use is not found in Prose, exc. in dialects, SIG 56.48
(Argos, v B.C.),
IG 22.1126.25
(Delph. Amphict., iv B.C.),
Hdt. 1.3,
2.15,
al. 2. reflexively, as pl. of οὗ B. II.1, ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων 4.535,
al.; αἵ ἑ μετὰ σφίσιν εἶχον 22.474,
cf. Th. 2.76;
later with the same restriction as for οὗ B. II.1, e.g. φράζοντες ὡς οὔ σφι περιοπτέη ἐστὶ ἡ Ἑλλὰς ἀπολλυμένη· ἢν γὰρ σφαλῇ, σφεῖς γε οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ δουλεύσουσι τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν ἡμερέων Hdt. 7.168,
cf. Th. 5.46,
65,
X. An. 7.5.9,
HG 5.2.8,
Pl. R. 487c.
II. as sg., =
him, her,
in the dat. and acc. forms σφι (ν) , σφε; σφιν is so used in h.Pan. 19,
h.Hom. 30.9,
A. Pers. 759,
S. OC 1490 (in Od. 15.524 σφιν refers to all the suitors, and in Hes. Sc. 113 to Ares and Cycnus); σφι in Lyc. 1242;
σφε =
him, her,
in Pi. I. 6(5).74,
A. Pr. 9,
Th. 469,
al., S. OT 761,
Ant. 44,
Ph. 200 (anap.), al., E. Alc. 107 (lyr.), 149,
200,
Med. 33,
al.; =
it (of a masc. noun) in S. OC 40:
f.l. for σφεα in Hdt. 3.52,
53,
and for σφεας Id. 1.71,
al.