Perseus analyses of ἐμά:

ἐμός (mine): neut nom/voc/acc pl
ἐμᾱ,ἐμός (mine): fem nom/voc/acc dual
ἐμᾱ,ἐμός (mine): fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic)

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ἐμός

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

I. with a Subst.:

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. OT 969; 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. OT 572; 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] ʼtis my counsel, Pi. I. 8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E. Ion 1020, 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, OC 922; 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 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.