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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

  • καὶ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆσ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ περιζώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:7)
  • ἰδόντεσ δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι καλαί εἰσιν, ἔλαβον ἑαυτοῖσ γυναῖκασ ἀπὸ πασῶν, ὧν ἐξελέξαντο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:2)
  • οἱ δὲ γίγαντεσ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ. καὶ μετ̓ ἐκεῖνο, ὡσ ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸσ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖσ. ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντεσ οἱ ἀπ̓ αἰῶνοσ, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:4)
  • καὶ εἶπαν. δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἔσται ἡ κεφαλὴ ἕωσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:4)

Synonyms

  1. himself

  2. myself

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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