4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of σφώ:
σφω,σφεῖς (Rendic.Pont. Accad.Rom. di Arch): masc/fem nom/voc/acc dual
σφός (their, their own, belonging to them): masc/neut nom/voc/acc dual
σύ (thou): nom/acc 2nd dual (attic epic)
LSJ entries
σφεῖς
σφεῖς
,
A.
FORMS:
nom.
σφεῖς
Hdt. 7.168
,
Th. 5.46
,
65
,
X. An. 7.5.9
,
HG 5.2.8
,
Pl. R. 487c
:—the
uncontr,
form
σφέες
is
never
found,
cf.
A.D. Pron. 93.1
,
though
recognized
by
Greg.Cor.
p.479
S.
:—the
obl.
cases
only
are
used
by
Hom.
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
.
III.
Gender:—in
Hom.
this
Pron.
has
no
neut.;
in
Od. 9.70
,
10.355
,
it
refers
to
things,
denoted
by
feminine
nouns:
but
in
Ion.
Prose
occurs
the
neut.
pl.
σφεα
,
Hdt. 1.46
,
89
,
2.119
,
3.53
(
σφε
codd.),
7.50
,
Abyd. 9
;
σφε
is
acc.
pl.
neut.
in
Theoc. 15.80
.
B.
MEANINGS:
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.
b.
παρὰ
δέ
σφιν
ἑκάστῳ
δίζυγες
ἵπποι
ἑστᾶσι
beside
each
of
them
,
Il. 5.195
.
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
.
3.
oblique
cases
in
combination
with
αὐτῶν,
αὐτούς
,
etc.,
forming
a
reflex.
Pron.
used
without
the
foreg.
restriction,
ἐντὸς
δὲ
πυκάζοιεν
σφέας
αὐτούς
Od. 12.225
;
σφῶν
δʼ
αὐτῶν
κήδεʼ
ἑκάστη
Il. 19.302
,
cf.
12.155
;
σφᾶς
δʼ
αὐτάς
Hes. Th. 34
;
Κερκυραῖοι
σφῶν
αὐτῶν
τοὺς
ἐχθροὺς
δοκοῦντας
εἶναι
ἐφόνευον
Th. 3.81
,
cf.
1.139
,
al.;
it
sts.
=
ἀλλήλους
(
-ων
)
,
ἀλλήλοις
κοτέοντες
ἐπὶ
σφέας
ὁρμήσωσι
Hes. Sc. 403
;
ποθεινοτέρως
σφῶν
αὐτῶν
ἔχειν
X. Lac. 1.5
;
σφᾶς
(
σφὰς
cod.
L)
αὐτοὺς
.
.
ἐπέφραδον
informed
one
another
,
A.R. 2.959
;
but
σφᾶς
ἑωυτάς
is
prob.
f.l.
in
Hp. Epid. 2.1.3
:
cf.
Thom.Mag.
p.329
R.
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.
III.
once
as
2
pers.
pl.
reflex.,
ἠνώγει
δέ
μʼ
ἰόντα
.
.
πυθέσθαι
ἠὲ
.
.
ἦ
.
.
φύξιν
βουλεύοιτε
μετὰ
σφίσιν
Il. 10.398
(reported
from
φύξιν
βουλεύουσι
μετὰ
σφίσιν
ib.
311
);
σφέας
for
ὑμᾶς
in
Hdt. 3.71
(but
with
v.l.
σφεα
).
IV.
later
as
1
pers.
pl.
(cf.
σφέτερος,
σφωΐτερος,
ἑός
)
,
ἧμιν
ἐνὶ
σφίσι
A.R. 2.1278
;
σφᾶς
=
ἡμᾶς,
Men.Prot.
p.119
D.
;
censured
by
Luc. Sol. 8
,
9
.
σφός
σφός
,
σφή,
σφόν
,
A.
their,
their
own,
belonging
to
them
,
Il. 1.534
,
Sapph.
10,
Pi. P. 5.102
,
etc.
(never
in
Att.
).
2.
in
post-
Hom.
Poets
also,
his
or
her,
his
own
or
her
own
,
Hes. Th. 398
,
Alcm. 56
A,
Thgn. 712
,
Call.
Aet.Oxy.
2080.75.
II.
=
σός,
Orph. L. 168
.
2.
=
ἐμός,
CR
11.136
(Phrygia,
metr.).
3.
=
σφωΐτερος,
your
(in
addressing
a
pair),
v.l.
in
Il. 11.142
. (
σφός
is
to
σφε
,
σφέτερος
as
*ἡμός
(
ἁμός
)
to
ἁμέ,
ἡμέτερος
.)
σύ
σύ
[ῠ]
,
A.
thou
:
Pron.
of
the
second
pers.:—
Ep.
nom.
τύνη
[ῡ]
Il. 5.485
,
al.
(
Lacon.
τούνη
Hsch.
);
Aeol.
σύ
Sapph. Supp. 16.6
,
21.9
;
Dor.
τύ
[ῠ]
Pi. O. 1.85
,
Epich. 34
,
al.,
Theoc. 3.33
,
etc.;
Boeot.
τού
[short
syll.]
Corinn.
Supp.
2.83,
A.D. Pron. 55.6
(also
τούν
ib.
50.27
,
55.6
):
Nom.
σύ
,
Od. 18.31
,
A. Ag. 1035
,
Ar. Nu. 29
,
etc.;
voc.,
Od. 21.193
,
Ar. Ach. 165
,
Pl. 1069
.—Gen.
σοῦ
,
h.Hom. 29.4
,
elsewh.
only
Att.
,
Ar. Ach. 302
,
etc.;
enclit.
σου
,
S. Ph. 761
,
OT 538
,
etc.;
never
in
Hom.
,
who
uses
σεῦ
,
Il. 3.206
,
al.,
σέο
ib.
446
,
al.
(also
in
Lyr.,
Archil.
(?)in
PLit.Lond. 54
,
B. 3.65
),
σεῖο
Il. 3.137
,
al.;
also
σέθεν
1.180
,
al.
(which
also
occurs
in
Lyr.,
Sapph.
33,
B. 10.9
,
and
Trag.,
A. Th. 264
,
al.),
and
as
enclit.
σευ
,
Il. 5.811
,
al.,
σεο
1.396
:
Hdt.
has
only
σέο
1.124
,
σεο
(enclit.)
ib.
9
,
σεῦ
ibid.,
3.42
,
85
,
7.38
,
σευ
(enclit.)
3.36
,
134
,
7.49
:—
Dor.
τεῦ,
τευ
,
Theoc. 5.19
,
10.36
,
etc.;
rarely
τέο
,
Alcm. 17
;
lengthd.
τεοῦ
Epich. 145
,
Sophr. 84
,
and
τεοῖο
Il. 8.37
,
468
;
Boeot.
τεῦς
Corinn. 24
;
Dor.
τεοῦς
Sophr. 59
;
also
τιοῦς
A.D. Pron. 74.27
;
τεῦς
Theoc. 2.126
;
τοι
v.l.
in
Id. 7.25
;
enclit.
τεος
Sophr. 83
;
Cret.
τέορ
Hsch.
;
other
Dor.
forms
are
τίω,
τίως
,
both
Rhinth. 13
,
τίος
A.D. Pron. 75.24
.—Dat.
σοί
,
Il. 1.158
,
167
,
Archil. 88
,
Mimn. 8
,
Sapph.
7,99,
A. Pr. 3
,
Hdt. 3.42
,
6.86.αʹ
,
7.52
,
etc.;
Dor.
τοί
Alcm. 86
(oxyt.);
Dor.
,
Lesb.,
and
Ion.
enclit.
τοι
Alem.
33
,
Sapph.
Frr.
2.2,8,
Archil. 79
,
Hippon. 20
,
Anacr. 44
,
75.3
,
Pi. N. 3.76
,
B. 10.104
,
Hdt. 1.115
,
3.35
,
63
,
85
;
in
Hom.
,
Lesbian
Lyr.,
and
Ion.
Lyr.
and
Prose
τοι
is
always
enclit.,
σοί
never
enclit.
(
τοί
and
σοι
are
not
found
exc.
σοι
Od. 3.359
,
11.381
,
σ(οι)
Il. 1.170
,
and
in
codd.
of
Pi.
P.
4.270
,
9.55
;
rarer
than
τοι
in
Hdt., 3.69
,
al.);
in
Att.
both
σοί
and
σοι
(enclit.)
are
used
(
σοί
Ar. Nu. 361
,
etc.,
σοι
ib.
87
,
etc.),
τοί
and
τοι
are
not
used;
σοι
is
never
elided
exc.
in
Il. 1.170
,
τοι
is
elided
in
Od. 1.60
,
347
,
Alc. 55
,
Id.
Oxy.
1788
Fr.
15
ii
9,
Sapph.
28.2;
Ep.
and
Lyr.
also
τεΐν
,
Il. 11.201
,
Od. 4.619
,
Epigr.
ap.
Hdt. 5.60
,
61
,
Ar. Av. 930
;
also
τίν
[ῐ]
,
Alcm. 16
,
Pi. P. 1.29
,
8.68
(dub.
l.);
τίν
[ῑ]
,
Id. I. 6(5).4
,
Theoc. 2.20
(
τίν
before
a
consonant,
Pi. O. 10(11).93
);
also
τεΐ
Alcm. 53
;
τίνη
Rhinth. 13
.—Acc.
σέ
,
Il. 6.256
,
al.;
enclit.
σε
,
1.26
,
Sapph.
1.2,
Supp. 23.9
,
Hdt. 3.42
,
etc.;
in
late
Gr.
σέν
,
Anatolian
Studies
p.76;
Dor.
τέ
Alcm. 52
,
Pi. O. 1.48
,
Theoc. 1.5
,
Call. Fr. 114
;
τʼ
v.l.
(cod.
R)
in
Ar. Ach. 779
(on
the
accent
v.
A.D. Pron. 54.14
,
83.4
);
τρέ
(leg.
τϝέ
)
Hsch.
;
or
(enclit.)
τυ
IG
42(1).121.69
(Epid.,
iv
B.C.
),
Ar. Eq. 1225
,
Ach. 730
(dub.
in
Ach. 779
),
Theoc. 1.56
,
78
,
etc.:—also
τίν
Corinn. 4
,
Cerc. 7.6
,
Theoc. 11.39
,
55
,
68
.
2.
in
combination
with
γε
,
σύ
γε,
σέ
γε
,
etc.
(cf.
ἔγωγε
),
thou
at
least,
for
thy
part
,
freq.
in
Hom.
and
Att.
;
Dor.
τύγε
Epich.[272]
,
Timocr. 1
(v.l.
τύ
γα)
;
τύγᾰ
Theoc. 5.69
,
71
;
Boeot.
τούγα
A.D. Pron. 55.6
:
dat.
σοί
γε
Il. 1.557
:
acc.
σέ
γε
10.96
,
etc.:—also
σύ
περ
24.398
.
3.
σύ
c.
inf.
(as
imper.),
Hdt. 3.134
,
4.163
.
II.
Dual
nom.
and
acc.
σφῶϊ
,
Il. 1.336
,
4.286
,
al.,
you
two,
both
of
you
;
σφώ
(not
σφῴ
,
cf.
A.D. Pron. 85.17
),
Il. 1.574
,
11.782
,
13.47
,
S. OC 344
,
1543
,
etc.—Gen.
and
Dat.
σφῶϊν
,
Il. 4.341
,
al.;
contr.
σφῷν
once
in
Hom.
,
Od. 4.62
,
and
always
in
Att.
(Hdn.Gr.
1.475
)
and
Trag.,
e.g.
A. Pr. 12
,
S. OC 342
,
OT 1495
,
Pl. Lg. 892e
(codd.
Pl.
have
σφῶϊν
in
Tht. 193c
,
al.,
σφῶν
Euthd. 273e
,
al.).
None
of
these
forms
are
enclit.,
A.D. Pron. 38.9
,
85.12
;
cod.
A
of
Pl. Lg. 658c
,
673e
,
689a
wrongly
makes
σφῳν
enclit.;
Ζεὺς
σφὼ
is
prescribed
in
Il. 15.146
by
Hdn.Gr.
2.93
.—
σφῶϊ
is
never
dat.;
in
Il. 4.286
it
is
the
acc.
depending
on
κελεύω;
σφῶϊν
is
never
acc.;
in
Od. 23.52
it
is
dat.
commodi.
III.
Plur.
nom.
ὑμεῖς
,
Il. 2.75
,
al.
(before
a
vowel,
4.246
,
7.194
,
al.),
Pherecyd.Syr. 11
,
Democr. 29a
,
Hdt. 3.72
,
etc.,
ye,
you
;
Aeol.
and
Ep.
ὔμμες
Il. 1.274
,
al.,
Sapph.
24, 25;
Dor.
ὑμές
Sophr. 60
,
Ar. Ach. 760
,
761
,
862
;
ὑμέν
SIG
685.118
(Crete,
ii
B.C.
),
GDI
5155.6
(ibid.,
ii
B.C.
);
Boeot.
οὐμές
Corinn. 6
;
a
resolved
form
ὑμέες
,
Parth.
Fr.
14,
is
a
poeticlicence
(so
A.D. Pron. 93.3
)
rather
than
genuine
Ionic
(
v.l.
in
Hdt. 8.22
).—
Gen.
ὑμῶν
,
Ar. Ach. 143
,
etc.;
ὑμέων
(disyll.)
Il. 7.159
,
Od. 13.7
,
al.,
Archil. 74.6
(
ὑμῶν
codd.),
Sol. 11.5
(v.l.
ὑμῶν)
;
ὑμέων
also
Hdt. 3.73
,
6.130
,
al.;
as
trisyll.,
Herod. 2.27
;
ὑμείων
Il. 4.348
,
7.195
,
al.;
Dor.
ὑμέων
Sophr. 46
;
also
ὑμῶν
,
A.D. Pron. 95.23
;
Aeol.
ὑμμέων
Alc. 96
;
Boeot.
οὐμίων
Corinn. 22
.—Dat.
ὑμῖν
,
Od. 2.46
,
Hdt. 1.126
,
etc.;
Ion.
enclit.
ὗμῐν
A.D. Pron. 97.28
,
also
Dor.
,
Sophr. 91
;
Dor.
(not
enclit.)
ὑμίν
[ῐ
]
Id. 92
;
ὑμίν
[ῐ
]
also
in
S. Aj. 864
,
1242
,
OT 991
,
1402
,
Ant. 308
,
El. 804
,
al.
(but
ὗμιν
shd.
perh.
be
restd.
where
the
sense
needs
an
enclitic
on
the
principle
stated
by
A.D. Pron. 35.6
,
36.5
,
Synt. 130.23
);
ὕμιν
(as
enclit.)
is
prescribed
by
Hdn.Gr.
(
2.124
)
in
Il. 24.33
,
by
EM 432.34
in
Od. 1.376
,
2.141
,
etc.:—
Aeol.
and
Ep.
ὔμμῐ,
ὔμμῐν
,
Od. 2.316
,
11.336
,
al.,
Hes. Sc. 328
,
Sapph.
14,
Alc.
Supp.
26.9,
Pi. O. 11(10).17
.—Acc.
ὑμᾶς
,
Ar. Ach. 325
,
etc.
(
-υ
Orph. A. 820
,
v.l.
in
S. Ph. 222
;
ὗμας
or
(more
prob.)
ὕμας
is
required
by
the
metre
in
Babr. 9.9
,
47.11
);
Ion.
ὑμέας
(disyll.)
Od. 21.198
,
al.;
enclit.
ὕμεας
(disyll.)
Herod. 2.60
(Pap.);
ὑμέας
also
Hdt. 1.126
,
al.;
Aeol.
and
Ep.
ὔμμε
Il. 23.412
,
al.,
Pi. I. 6(5).19
;
also
in
A. Eu. 620
(trim.),
and
S. Ant. 846
(lyr.);
Dor.
ὑμέ
Alcm. 3
,
Sophr. 52
,
Ar. Ach. 737
,
Lys. 1076
,
SIG
528.3
(Cretan
dial.,
iii
B.C.
), 622
B
8
(Cretan,
ii
B.C.
).—The
pl.
is
sts.
used
in
addressing
one
person,
when
others
are
included
in
the
speakerʼs
thought,
as
Od. 12.81
,
Archil. 89
.
(With
σύ
cf.
Lat.
tu
,
Goth.
pu
;
with
τοι
Skt.
gen.
and
dat.
te
;
the
origin
of
σφῶϊ
is
doubtful;
with
ὑμεῖς
cf.
Skt.
acc.
pl.
yusmān.
)