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[28] ἧς γαίης, ‘one's own land;’ so inf. 34. On this the Schol. remarks “οὐκ εἶπενἐμῆςἵνα καθολικώτερος γένηται λόγος”. For this use of the possessive or reflexive pronoun with other persons than the third cp. the v. l. “δώμασιν οἷσιν Od.1. 402 note. This freedom of usage is illustrated by the formation of the person-endings of the passive voice of the Lat. verb, if we hold that amor = amo-se.

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