A.mine; contr. with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Com., τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is paratrag. in Ar.Ec.393), rarely in Prose, “οὑμός” Pl.Ep.354c; “τἀμά” Id.Plt.258b; οὑμός even in Il.8.360; and (acc. to some Gramm.) “τὠμῷ” 11.608, Od.4.71; “τἠμῇ” Il.9.654:—poet. ἀμός (q.v.):
I. with a Subst.:
1. subjectively, mine, of me, “ἐμὰ δάκρυα” Il.1.42; χεῖρες ἐμαί ib.166; “ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός” Hes.Op.633: with the Art., “τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον” Il.4.42, etc.: in Poets sts. joined with gen., to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, 6.446, Od.2.45; “δαὴρ . . ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος” Il.3.180; “θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς” A.Ag.1323; “τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά” S.OC344, cf.El.252; “τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ . . βίον” Ar.Pl.33.
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.OT969; 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.OT572; 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] 'tis my counsel, Pi.I.8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E.Ion1020, 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, OC922; “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.
