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σύ [υ^],
A.thou: Pron. of the second pers.:—Ep. nom. τύνη [υ_] Il.5.485, al. (Lacon. τούνη Hsch.); Aeol. σύ Sapph.Supp.16.6, 21.9; Dor. τύ [υ^] Pi.O.1.85, Epich.34, al., Theoc.3.33, etc.; Boeot. τού [short syll.] Corinn.Supp.2.83, A.D.Pron.55.6 (also τούν ib. 50.27, 55.6): Nom. σύ , Od.18.31, A.Ag.1035, Ar.Nu.29, etc.; voc., Od.21.193, Ar.Ach.165, Pl.1069.—Gen. σοῦ , h.Hom.29.4, elsewh. only Att., Ar.Ach.302, etc.; enclit. σου, S.Ph.761, OT538, etc.; never in Hom., who uses σεῦ, ll.3.206, al., σέο ib.446, al. (also in Lyr., Archil.(?)inPLit.Lond.54, B.3.65), “σεῖοIl.3.137, al.; also “σέθεν1.180, al. (which also occurs in Lyr., Sapph.33, B.10.9, and Trag., A.Th.264, al.), and as enclit. σευ, Il.5.811, al., σεο 1.396: Hdt. has only “σέο1.124, σεο (enclit.) ib.9, σεῦ ibid., 3.42,85, 7.38, σευ (enclit.) 3.36,134, 7.49:—Dor. τεῦ, τευ, Theoc.5.19, 10.36, etc.; rarely τέο, Alcm.17; lengthd. “τεοῦEpich.145, Sophr.84, and “τεοῖοIl.8.37, 468; Boeot. “τεῦςCorinn.24; Dor. “τεοῦςSophr.59; also “τιοῦςA.D. Pron.74.27; “τεῦςTheoc.2.126; τοι v.l. in Id.7.25; enclit. τεος Sophr.83; Cret. “τέορHsch.; other Dor. forms are τίω, τίως, both Rhinth.13, “τίοςA.D.Pron.75.24.—Dat. σοί , Il.1.158,167, Archil.88, Mimn.8, Sapph.7,99, A.Pr.3, Hdt.3.42, 6.86.ά, 7.52, etc.; Dor. “τοίAlcm.86 (oxyt.); Dor., Lesb., and Ion. enclit. τοι Alem.33, Sapph. Frr.2.2,8, Archil.79, Hippon.20, Anacr.44, 75.3, Pi.N.3.76, B.10.104, Hdt.1.115, 3.35,63,85; in Hom., Lesbian Lyr., and Ion. Lyr. and Prose τοι is always enclit., σοί never enclit. (τοί and σοι are not found exc. σοι Od.3.359, 11.381, ςοι) Il.1.170, and in codd. of Pi.P. 4.270, 9.55; rarer than τοι in Hdt., 3.69, al.); in Att. both σοί and σοι (enclit.) are used (“σοίAr.Nu.361, etc., σοι ib.87, etc.), τοί and τοι are not used; σοι is never elided exc. in Il.1.170, τοι is elided in Od. 1.60,347, Alc.55, Id.Oxy.1788 Fr.15 ii 9, Sapph.28.2; Ep. and Lyr. also τεΐν , Il.11.201, Od.4.619, Epigr. ap. Hdt.5.60,61, Ar.Av.930; also τίν [ι^], Alcm.16, Pi.P.1.29, 8.68 (dub. l.); τίν [ι_], Id.I.6(5).4, Theoc.2.20 (τίν before a consonant, Pi.O.10(11).93); also “τεΐAlcm.53; “τίνηRhinth.13.—Acc. σέ , Il.6.256, al.; enclit. σε, 1.26, Sapph.1.2, Supp.23.9, Hdt.3.42, etc.; in late Gr. σέν, Anatolian Studies p.76; Dor. “τέAlcm.52, Pi.O.1.48, Theoc.1.5, Call.Fr.114; τ᾽ v.l. (cod. R) in Ar.Ach.779 (on the accent v. A.D.Pron.54.14, 83.4); τρέ (leg. τϝέ) Hsch.; or (enclit.) τυ IG42(1).121.69 (Epid., iv B.C.), Ar.Eq.1225, Ach.730 (dub. in Ach.779), Theoc.1.56,78, etc.:—also “τίνCorinn.4, Cerc.7.6, Theoc.11.39,55,68.
2. in combination with γε, σύ γε, σέ γε , etc. (cf. ἔγωγε), thou at least, for thy part, freq. in Hom. and Att.; Dor. “τύγεEpich.[272], Timocr.1 (v.l. τύ γα)“; τύγα^Theoc.5.69,71; Boeot. τούγα A.D.Pron.55.6: dat. σοί γε Il.1.557: acc. σέ γε 10.96, etc.:—also σύ περ 24.398.
3. σύ c. inf. (as imper.), Hdt.3.134, 4.163.
II. Dual nom. and acc. σφῶϊ , Il.1.336, 4.286, al., you two, both of you; σφώ (not σφῴ, cf. A.D. Pron.85.17), Il.1.574, 11.782, 13.47, S.OC344, 1543, etc.—Gen. and Dat. σφῶϊν , Il.4.341, al.; contr. σφῷν once in Hom., Od.4.62, and always in Att. (Hdn.Gr.1.475) and Trag., e.g. A.Pr. 12, S.OC342, OT1495, Pl.Lg.892e (codd. Pl. have σφῶϊν in Tht. 193c, al., “σφῶνEuthd.273e, al.). None of these forms are enclit., A.D.Pron.38.9, 85.12; cod. A of Pl.Lg.658c, 673e, 689a wrongly makes σφῳν enclit.; Ζεὺς σφὼ is prescribed in Il. 15.146 by Hdn.Gr.2.93.—σφῶϊ is never dat.; in Il.4.286 it is the acc. depending on κελεύω; σφῶϊν is never acc.; in Od.23.52 it is dat. commodi.
III. Plur. nom. ὑμεῖς , Il.2.75, al. (before a vowel, 4.246, 7.194, al.), Pherecyd.Syr. 11, Democr.29a, Hdt.3.72, etc., ye, you; Aeol. and Ep. “ὔμμεςIl.1.274, al., Sapph.24, 25; Dor. “ὑμέςSophr.60, Ar.Ach.760,761,862; “ὑμένSIG685.118 (Crete, ii B.C.), GDI5155.6 (ibid., ii B.C.); Boeot. “οὐμέςCorinn.6; a resolved form ὑμέες, Parth.Fr.14, is a poeticlicence (so A.D.Pron.93.3) rather than genuine Ionic (v.l. in Hdt.8.22).— Gen. ὑμῶν , Ar.Ach.143, etc.; ὑμέων (disyll.) Il.7.159, Od.13.7, al., Archil.74.6 (ὑμῶν codd.), Sol.11.5 (v.l. ὑμῶν; ὑμέων also Hdt.3.73, 6.130, al.; as trisyll., Herod.2.27; “ὑμείωνIl.4.348, 7.195, al.; Dor. “ὑμέωνSophr.46; also ὑμῶν, A.D.Pron.95.23; Aeol. “ὑμμέωνAlc. 96; Boeot. “οὐμίωνCorinn.22.—Dat. ὑμῖν , Od.2.46, Hdt.1.126, etc.; Ion. enclit. “ὗμι^νA.D.Pron.97.28, also Dor., Sophr.91; Dor. (not enclit.) ὑμίν [ι^] Id.92; ὑμίν [ι^] also in S.Aj.864, 1242, OT991, 1402, Ant.308, El.804, al. (but ὗμιν shd. perh. be restd. where the sense needs an enclitic on the principle stated by A.D.Pron.35.6, 36.5, Synt.130.23); ὕμιν (as enclit.) is prescribed by Hdn.Gr. (2.124) in Il.24.33, by EM432.34 in Od.1.376, 2.141, etc.:—Aeol. and Ep. ὔμμι^, ὔμμι^ν, Od. 2.316, 11.336, al., Hes.Sc.328, Sapph.14, Alc.Supp. 26.9, Pi.O. 11(10).17.—Acc. ὑμᾶς , Ar.Ach.325, etc. (“-υOrph.A.820, v.l. in S.Ph.222; ὗμας or (more prob.) ὕμας is required by the metre in Babr.9.9, 47.11); Ion. ὑμέας (disyll.) Od.21.198, al.; enclit. ὕμεας (disyll.) Herod.2.60 (Pap.); ὑμέας also Hdt.1.126, al.; Aeol. and Ep. “ὔμμεIl.23.412, al., Pi.I.6(5).19; also in A.Eu.620 (trim.), and S.Ant.846(lyr.); Dor. “ὑμέAlcm.3, Sophr.52, Ar.Ach.737, Lys.1076, SIG528.3 (Cretan dial., iii B.C.), 622 B 8 (Cretan, ii B.C.).—The pl. is sts. used in addressing one person, when others are included in the speaker's thought, as Od. 12.81, Archil.89. (With σύ cf. Lat. tu, Goth. pu; with τοι Skt. gen. and dat. te; the origin of σφῶϊ is doubtful; with ὑμεῖς cf. Skt. acc. pl. yusmān.
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