A.“ωὑτῆς” Herod. 6.84, “ωὑτέου” Aret.SA1.7 (Ion. ἑωυ- by contraction of ἕο αὐ-, from which also Att. ἑα_υ-, freq. written ἑατοῦ in Pap. and Inscrr., as SIG 774.2 (Delph., i B.C.): Att. contr. αὑτοῦ , etc., which is the usual form in Trag., though ἑαυτοῦ, etc., are used (though rarely) when the metre requires, A.Pr.188 (anap.), al.; in Att. Inscrr. αὑτοῦ prevails after B.C. 300; Cret. ϝιαυτοῦ Kohler-Ziebarth Stadtrecht von Gortyn p.34; Dor. αὐταυτοῦ , αὐσαυτοῦ (q. v.); Thess. εὑτοῦ (dat.), IG9(2).517.16: gen.pl. ηὑτῶν Schwyzer 251 A 44 (Cos):—reflex. Pron. of 3rd pers., of himself, herself, itself, etc.; first in Alc.78, Hdt., and Att. (Hom. has ἕο αὐτοῦ, οἷ αὐτῷ, ἑ αὐτόν): αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτό (v.l. -τοῦ) itself by itself, absolutely, Pl.Tht.152b; αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ αὑτοῦ ib. 160b; “ὅταν τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σπεύδῃ” Th.1.141; “αὐτὸ καθ᾽ αὑτό” Pl.Tht.157a; αὐτὰ πρὸς αὑτά ib.154e; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῦ, of themselves, himself, Th. 5.60, X.Mem.2.10.3; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, v. ἐπί; ἐν ἑαυτῷ γίγνεσθαι, ἐντὸς ἑαυτοῦ γ., v. ἐν, ἐντός; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ at his own house, ib.3.13.3, etc.: esp. with Comp. and Sup., ἐγένοντο ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν they surpassed themselves, Hdt.8.86; πλουσιώτεροι ἑαυτῶν continually richer, Th.1.8; “θαρραλεώτεροι αὐτοὶ ἑαυτῶν” Pl.Prt.350a, cf. d; τῇ αὐτὸ ἑωυτοῦ ἐστι μακρότατον at its very greatest length, Hdt.2.8, cf. 149, 4.85,198.
II. in Att., Trag., and later, αὑτοῦ, etc., is used for the 1st or 2nd pers., as for “ἐμαυτοῦ, αὐτὸς καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ τἄρα μηχανορραφῶ” A.Ch.221, cf. S.OT138, etc.; for “σεαυτοῦ, μόρον τὸν αὑτῆς οἶσθα” A.Ag.1297, cf.1141, Pl.Phd.101c (v.l.), Ph.Bel.59.16, etc.: so in pl., τὰ αὑτῶν ( = ἡμῶν αὐτῶν)“ ἐκποριζώμεθα” Th.1.82; “δώσομεν ἑαυτούς” Epicur.Sent.Vat.47; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς by ourselves, LXX 1 Ki.14.9, cf. PPar.47.26 (ii B. C.), 2 Ep.Cor.7.1, etc.; ἑαυτῶν, = ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, PPar. 63.128 (ii B. C.).
III. pl., ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, etc., is sts. used for ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις, one another, “διάφοροι ἑωυτοῖσι” Hdt.3.49; “παρακελευόμενοι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς” Th.4.25, etc.; καθ᾽ αὑτοῖν one against the other, S. Ant.144 (anap.); “πρὸς αὑτούς” D.18.19; “περιιόντες αὑτῶν πυνθάνονται” Id.4.10, cf. Pl.Ly.215b.