ἐγώ
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See also: εγώ
Ancient Greek
editcase | singular | dual | plural | |
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str. | encl. | str. | str. | |
nominative | ἐγώ | νώ, νῶϊ | ἡμεῖς | |
genitive | ἐμοῦ | μου | νῷν | ἡμῶν |
dative | ἐμοί | μοι | νῷν | ἡμῖν |
accusative | ἐμέ | με | νώ, νῶϊ | ἡμᾶς |
adjective | ἐμός | νωΐτερος | ἡμέτερος |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editCf. Homeric Greek ἐγών (egṓn). From Proto-Indo-European *eǵóH, *eǵh₂óm. Compare for example Latin ego, Sanskrit अहम् (ahám).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ɡɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈɣo/
Pronoun
editἐγώ • (egṓ) (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Thessalian, Koine)
- first person singular personal pronoun: I, me, my
Usage notes
editἐγών (egṓn) is used in Epic mostly before vowels, and is used in Doric also before consonants. The dual and plural are νώ (nṓ) and ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs).
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἐγώ / ἔγωγε‡ egṓ / égōge‡ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἐμοῦ / μου† / ἐμοῦγε‡ emoû / mou† / emoûge‡ | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἐμοί / μοι† / ἔμοιγε‡ emoí / moi† / émoige‡ | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἐμέ / με† / ἐμέγε‡ emé / me† / emége‡ | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἐγώ / ἐγών egṓ(n) | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἐμεῖο / ἐμέο / ἐμεῦ / μευ† / ἐμέθεν emeîo / eméo / emeû / meu† / eméthen | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἐμοί / μοι† emoí / moi† | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἐμέ / με† emé / me† | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἐγών / ἐγώνγᾱ‡ egṓn / egṓngā‡ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἐμέος / ἐμοῦς / ἐμεῦς / ἐμέθεν eméos / emoûs / emeûs / eméthen | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἐμῐ́ν / μοι† / ἐμίνγα‡ emín / moi† / emínga‡ | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἐμέ / με† emé / me† | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἰώ / ἰών / ἰώνγα‡ / ἰώνει‡ / ἰώγᾱ‡ iṓ / iṓn / iṓnga‡ / iṓnei‡ / iṓgā‡ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἐμοῦς / ἐμῶς / ἐμῐ́ο / ἐμίω / ἐμίως emoûs / emôs / emío / emíō / emíōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἐμοί / μοι† emoí / moi† | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἐμέ / με† emé / me† | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Greek: εγώ (egó)
- Tsakonian: εζού (ezoú)
- Italiot Greek:
- Mariupol Greek: го (ho), эго́ (ehó)
- Pontic Greek: εγώ (egó)
- Yevanic: אֶגֿוֹ (ʾeḡo)
- → Old Sicilian: igù
- >? Sicilian: jù
See also
editReferences
edit- “ἐγώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐγώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐγώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐγώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐγώ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἐγώ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1473 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- i idem, page 413.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 325
- William W. Goodwin, A Greek Grammar. Revised and enlarged, Boston, 1900, p.82f.
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