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σός , ή, όν, possessive Adj. of 2 pers. sg. (σύ), the alternative Ep. and Dor. form being τεός (q.v.),
A.thy, thine, Il.8.420, etc.; Ep.gen. “σοῖο” Od.15.511; ς. δέμας, ς. ἔργον, λέχος ς., etc., A.Pr.146(lyr.), 635,557 (lyr.), etc.: ς. ἑταῖρος a friend of yours, Pl.Ly.204a, etc.: with the Art., “τὸ σὸν γέρας” Il.1.185, cf. 207, al., and so freq. in Att., δέμ:ας τὸ ς., τὸ ς. κάρα, etc., A.Pr.1019, Ag.1615, etc. (but never so when it serves as predicate, “οὐ ς. τόδ᾽ ἐστὶ τοὔργον” S.El.296; “πάτερ, σός εἰμι” Id.Ant. 635); ς. ἔργον c. inf., 'tis thy business to . ., “ἔργον ἤδη ς. τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν” Id.Ph.15; σόν [ἐστι] alone, “ς. δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν” A.Th.232, cf. S.El.1470; σὴ μὲν ἐγώ, σὰ δὲ πάντα thine am I, thine are all things, Call.Del.219.
2. without a Subst., thine, εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι thy son, Od.9.529, cf. E.Hel.226 (lyr.); σὺ μὲν ἀπάγου τὴν ς. X.Cyr.3.1.37; οἱ ς. thy kinsfolk, people, S.OT1448, etc.: also sg., your agent or servant, PFay.123.5 (i/ii A.D.): τὸ ς. what concerns thee, thy interest, advantage, S.El.251, Aj.1313; thy words, thy purpose, ib.99,1401, etc.; τὰ ς. thy property, “ἐπὶ σοῖσι καθήμενος” Od.2.369, cf. X.Mem.2.3.12, Ev.Luc.6.30; εὖ φρονῶ τὰ ς. thy interests, S.Aj.491; καὶ σὲ καὶ τὰ ς. Id.El.522, etc.
3. with a gen. added, “τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα” Il.6.490; τὰ σ᾽ αὐτοῦ κήδε（α) Od.14.185; “σῷ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ κράατι” 22.218; “τοῖς σοῖσιν αὐτοῦ” S.OT416; “τὸ σὸν μόνης δώρημα” Id.Tr.775; τὸν ς. τοῦ πρέσβεως [ὀφθαλμόν] Ar.Ach.93.
II. objective, of or for thee, “σῇ ποθῇ” Il.19.321; “ς. τε πόθος ς. τε μήδεα” Od.11.202; “σῇ προμηθίᾳ” S.OC332; “προνοίᾳ τῇ τε ς. κἀμῇ” E.Andr.660; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ ς. Pl.Grg.486a.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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