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ἑαυτοῦ

Pronoun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑαυτοῦ ἑαυτῆς ἑαυτοῦ

Structure: ἑαυτ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Sense

  1. (reflexive) himself, herself, itself, etc.
  2. (in Attic, used for first or second person) myself, yourself
  3. (in the plural) of one another

Declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκτείναντεσ δὲ οἱ ἄνδρεσ τὰσ χεῖρασ εἰσεσπάσαντο τὸν Λὼτ πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ εἰσ τὸν οἶκον, καὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ οἴκου ἀπέκλεισαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:10)
  • καὶ παρέθηκαν αὐτῷ μόνῳ καὶ αὐτοῖσ καθ̓ ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ τοῖσ συνδειπνοῦσι μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καθ̓ ἑαυτούσ. οὐ γὰρ ἐδύναντο οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι συνεσθίειν μετὰ τῶν Ἑβραίων ἄρτουσ, βδέλυγμα γάρ ἐστι τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:31)
  • ἑώρων δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐν κακοῖσ λέγοντεσ. οὐκ ἀπολείψετε τῆσ πλινθείασ τὸ καθῆκον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:19)
  • καὶ ἕξει Ἀαρὼν αὐτὰ καὶ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὡσ ἂν εἰσπορεύωνται εἰσ τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἢ ὅταν προσπορεύωνται λειτουργεῖν πρὸσ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ ἁγίου, καὶ οὐκ ἐπάξονται πρόσ ἑαυτοὺσ ἁμαρτίαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσι. νόμιμον αἰώνιον αὐτῷ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:39)

Synonyms

  1. himself

  2. myself

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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