ἐγώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Latin ego.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /eɡɔ͜ɔ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛɣóː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eɣó/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eɣó/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eɣó/

Pronoun

ἐγώ

1. First person personal pronoun: I, we

Inflection

Attic Inflection

Case \ #	Singular	Enclitic Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐγώ	-	νώ	ἡμεῖς
Genitive	ἐμοῦ	μου	νᾦν	ἡμῶν
Dative	ἐμοί	μοι	νᾦν	ἡμῖν
Accusative	ἐμέ	με	νώ	ἡμᾶς

Homeric Inflection

Case \ #	Singular	Enclitic Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐγώ, ἐγών	-	νῶϊ, νώ	ἡμεῖς, ἄμμες
Genitive	ἐμεῖο, ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, ἐμέθεν	μευ	νῶϊν	ἡμείων, ἡμέων
Dative	ἐμοί	μοι	νῶϊν	ἡμῖν, ἄμμι(ν}
Accusative	ἐμέ	με	νῶϊ, νώ	ἡμέας, ἄμμε

Herodotus Inflection

Case \ #	Singular	Enclitic Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἐγώ	-	ἡμεῖς
Genitive	ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ	μευ	ἡμέων
Dative	ἐμοί	μοι	ἡμῖν
Accusative	ἐμέ	με	ἡμέας

Descendants

• Greek: εγώ

References

• Smyth, A Greek Grammar