ἐμός, ή, όν,
possessive pronoun of
1st pers.: (ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):—
mine;
contraction with the
Article, οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Comedy texts, τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is
paratragoedia in [
Refs 5th c.BC+], rarely in Prose, οὑμός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὑμός even in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; and (
accusative to some Grammars) τὠμῷ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
poetry ἀμός (which see):
I) with a
substantive:
I.1) subjectively,
mine, of me, ἐμὰ δάκρυα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρες ἐμαί[
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with the
Article, τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Poets sometimes joined with
genitive, to strengthen the
possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ
mine own,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.1.b)
mine, i.e.
favourable to me, τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2) objectively,
relating to me, against me, ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect
for me, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings
to me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love
for me, [
Refs]; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders
against me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift
to me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes with another
genitive added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L.
by me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed
by me, [
Refs]; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις) her gifts
to me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) without a
substantive,
mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον
my word, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis
my counsel, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Trag. and Prose, it is
my duty, my business, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) ἐμοί
my friends, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος
my dear Heraclitus, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3) τὰ ἐμά
my property, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of children, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of servants. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν,
my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus
with me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in Trag. and
Attic dialect,
my conduct (almost
periphrastic for ἐγώ), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
for my part, as far as concerns me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4) ἡ ἐ. (i.e. γῆ)
my country, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also (i.e. γνώμη)
my opinion, ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]