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1203. Summary of possessive forms (poetical forms in parenthesis).

a. Not reflexive

myἐμόςμου
thyσόςσου
his, herὄς Hom., rare)αὐτοῦ, -ῆς
εὗ Hom., rare)
ourἡμέτεροςἡμῶν
yourὑ_μέτεροςὑ_μῶν
theirαὐτῶν
σφέων Ionic)

N.—ἡμέτερος and ὑ_μέτερος are more used than ἡμῶν and ὑ_μῶν.

b. Reflexive

my own ἐμόςἐμὸς αὐτοῦ, -ῆςἐμαυτοῦ, -ῆς
thy own σόςσὸς αὐτοῦ, -ῆςσεαυτοῦ, -ῆς
his, her
own (ὅςὃς αὐτοῦ, -ῆςἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς
(poet. and
Ionic)
our ownἡμέτεροςἡμέτερος αὐτῶν
your ownὑ_μέτεροςυμέτερος αὐτῶν
their ownσφέτεροςσφέτερος αὐτῶν
(rare)ἑαυτῶν, σφῶν
(rare),
σφῶν αὐτῶν

N.—In the plural ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, ὑ_μῶν αὐτῶν are replaced by ἡμέτερος αὐτῶν, ὑ_μέτερος αὐτῶν, and these forms are commoner than ἡμέτερος, ὑ_μέτερος. σφέτερος αὐτῶν is less common than ἑαυτῶν. σφέτερος in poetry may mean mine own, thine own, your own.

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