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ἐμός , ή, όν, possess. Pron. of 1st pers.: (ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):—
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, “οὑμόςPl.Ep.354c; “τἀμάId.Plt.258b; οὑμός even in Il.8.360; and (acc. to some Gramm.) “τὠμῷ11.608, Od.4.71; “τἠμῇIl.9.654:—poet. ἀμός (q.v.):
I. with a Subst.:
b. mine, i.e. favourable to me, “τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτωνAntipho 2.4.10.
2. objectively, relating to me, against me, “ἐμὴ ἀγγελίηIl.19.336; “τὸν ἐμὸν γάμονOd.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 ἐμοίX.Cyr.3.2.28, etc.; 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 ἀδίκωςPl.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 τοὐμόνS.Aj.124; “ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶςX.Cyr.6.1.3; “τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττειPl.R.463e, etc.; in full, “τοὐμὸν μέροςS.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 ἔσταιLys.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. . (sc. γῆ) my country, Th.6.78; also (sc. γνώμη) my opinion, “ἐὰν . νικᾷPl. R.397d; κατά γε τὴν . Ar.Ec.153, Pl.Plt.277a.
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