Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφέτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφέτερος σφέτερᾱ σφέτερον

Structure: σφετερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: possessive adj. of 3rd pers. pl. sfei/s

Sense

  1. their own, their, their own feelings, their own business, their own people
  2. his or her own, his, her
  3. your own, your
  4. thine own, tuus
  5. mine own, meus
  6. our own, noster

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ὑπὲρ αὐτέων ἄνδρεσ ἐμαρνάσθην πολεμήια τεύχε’ ἔχοντεσ, τοὶ μὲν ὑπὲρ σφετέρησ πόλιοσ σφετέρων τε τοκήων λοιγὸν ἀμύνοντεσ, τοὶ δὲ πραθέειν μεμαῶτεσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 24:17)
  • ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ ξένων τῶν σφετέρων γυναῖκασ ἀπάγουσι μοιχεύσοντεσ κατὰ τὸν Ἰλιέα ἐκεῖνον νεανίσκον, ὡσ φιλοσοφοῖεν δὴ καὶ αὗται· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 18:3)
  • τελευτῶσα δὲ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῶν ἠντιβόλει με καὶ ἱκέτευσε συναγαγεῖν αὐτῆσ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τοὺσ φίλουσ, εἰποῦσα ὅτι, εἰ καὶ μὴ πρότερον εἴθισται λέγειν ἐν ἀνδράσι, τὸ μέγεθοσ αὐτὴν ἀναγκάσει τῶν συμφορῶν περὶ τῶν σφετέρων κακῶν δηλῶσαι πάντα πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 25 3:11)
  • ὁμοῦ δὲ ἥ τε ἐπέλασισ αὐτοῖσ ἀποπαύεται καὶ κατὰ τὰ ἀριστερὰ τοῦ βήματοσ ὑπομένουσιν ἐπάλληλοι ἱππῆσ, τὰσ μὲν κεφαλὰσ τῶν ἵππων ἐσ τοὐπίσω ἀποστρέψαντεσ, τοὺσ θυρεοὺσ δὲ πρὸ τῶν νώτων τῶν σφετέρων καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἱππείων νώτων προβεβλημένοι. (Arrian, chapter 36 1:1)
  • καὶ οὗτοι λειτουργοί εἰσι, καὶ φόρον ἀποφέρουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν σφετέρων, πλήν γε δὴ ὅσοι τὰ ἀρήια ὅπλα ποιέουσιν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 12 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. their own

  2. his or her own

  3. your own

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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