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ἐμός 1 ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ

1.possess. Pron. of first pers., mine, Lat. meus, Hom., etc.; by crasis with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμάto strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, Il.; τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ βίον Ar.
2.objectively, to me, relating to me, against me, ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Hom.; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, Aesch.; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, Thuc.; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, Soph.
3.τὸ ἐμόν, τὰ ἐμά my property, Ar., etc.:—but also, τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, Hdt.; ἔρρει τἀμά Xen.;—hence periphr. for ἐγώ or ἐμέ, Soph.; or absol., τό γε ἐμόν, τὸ μὲν ἐμόν, for my part, as far as concerns me, Hdt., etc.
4.ἡ ἐμὴ (sub. γῆ) my country, Thuc.

1 ἐμός, ή, όν

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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