A.“οἷο” Il.3.333, Od.1.330, al., “οὗ” 23.150, al. ; Cret. ϝός Leg.Gort.1.18,al., SIG 1183 ; so in Aeol., Sapph.Supp.1.6, Lyr.Adesp.32, cf. A.D.Pron. 107.11 :—POSSESS. PRON.:
I. of the 3 pers., his, her, put either before or after its Noun, ᾧ πενθερῷ, ὃν θυμόν, etc., Il.6.170,202, etc. ; “ἧς ἀρχῆς” IG12.761 ; πόσιος οὗ, πατέρι ᾧ, Od.23.150,3.39, etc.: sts. also with Art., “τὰ ἃ κῆλα” Il.12.280 ; “τὰ ἃ δώματα” Od.14.153, etc.; also in Lyr., Pi.O.5.8, P.6.36 (elsewh. Pi. prefers ἑός), B.5.47: sts. in Trag., “λέσχας ἇς” A.Eu.367 (lyr.); “ὧν παίδων” S.OC1639 (iamb.); “ἐκγόνοισιν οἷς” E.Med.955 (iamb.): with Art., “λιτῶν τῶν ὧν” A.Th. 641 ; “ὅπλων τῶν ὧν” S.Aj.442; “τῶν ὧν τέκνων” Id.Tr.266, cf. 525 (lyr.); “τοῖς οἷσιν αὐτοῦ” Id.OT1248: so in Cret. Prose, “τὰ ϝὰ αὐτᾶς” Leg.Gort. 2.46 ; in Thgn.1009, ὧν αὐτοῦ κτεάνων is to be restd. for τῶν . . from IG12.499 ; once in Hdt., “γυναῖκα ἥν” 1.205; never in Att. Prose.
II. of the 2 pers., for σός, thy, thine, Hes.Op.381, AP7.539 (Pers.), Mosch.4.77(dub. in Hom., v. infr.); and
III. of the I pers., for ἐμός, my, mine, Od.9.28,13.320, A.R.4.1015,1036.—Signfs. II and III were denied for Homer by Aristarch., see esp. A.D.Pron.109.20 ; in Od.9.28 and 34 he (or at least A. D. l.c.) rendered ἧς γαίης and πατρίδος 'a man's own fatherland', and athetized Od.13.320: in Il.14.221,264,16.36,19.174, al., φρεσὶ σῇσιν has better Ms. authority than φρεσὶν ᾗσιν; and in Od.15.542, cf. 1.402, δώμασι σοῖσιν than δώμασιν οἷσιν; v. ἑός. (Cogn. with Skt. σϝάς 'his (my, thy) own', Slav. stem. svo- (used of all 3 persons, as in Skt.): I.-E. swo- was related to I.-E. sewo-, v. ἑός.）
