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            "lemma": "σφεῖς",
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                    "description": "<b>FORMS<\/b> : nom. σφεῖς Hdt. 7.168, Th. 5.46, 65, X. <i>An.<\/i> 7.5.9, <i>HG<\/i> 5.2.8, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 487c; — the uncontr. form σφέες is never found, cf. A.D. <i>Pron.<\/i> 93.1, though recognized by Greg.Cor. p. 479 S. ; — the obl. cases only are used by Hom. Gen. σφέων, in Hom. a monosyll., and sts. enclitic, <i>Il.<\/i> 18.311, <i>Od.<\/i> 3.134; poet. σφείων only in <i>Il.<\/i>, and always in phrase ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων, 4.535, 5.626, 13.148; σφέων also in Hdt. 2.4, 4.35, al. ; <i>Att.<\/i> σφῶν IG1². 39.67, al., Th. 1.120, al., Antipho 6.23, etc., also in Hom. in the phrase σφῶν αὐτῶν, <i>Il.<\/i> 12.155, 19.302. Dat. σφίσι(ν) or σφισι(ν) 4.2, 17.453, 22.288, 474, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 481, Hdt. 1.4, al., Th. 1.19, al., X. <i>HG<\/i> 1.7.5, etc. ; more freq. in the forms σφι, σφιν, <i>Il.<\/i> 2.612, 614, al., A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 254, al., Hdt. 1.31, al. (not in <i>Att.<\/i> Prose); in Trag. never σφι ; sts. elided σφ΄, <i>Il.<\/i> 3.300, 8.4, etc. ; σφιν also in Dor. Prose, SIG 56.48 (Argos, v BC), IG2². 1126.25 (Delph. Amphict., iv BC), Schwyzer 92.5 (Argos, iii BC), Anon. in PSI 9.1091.21; — σφίσι(ν) is not enclitic acc. to A.D. <i>Pron.<\/i> 98.12, sts. enclitic acc. to Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 2.42 (who says elsewh. (2.57) that pronouns beginning with σφ- are always enclitic); σφι(ν) is enclitic, exc. at the beginning of a phrase, as σφὶν δ’ αὐτοῖς Hes. <i>Fr.<\/i> 49 (cited by A.D. <i>Pron.<\/i> 98.11). Acc., Ep. and Ion. σφέας (enclit. σφεας) Hom. (v. infr.), Archil. 27.2, Hdt. 1.4, 5, al. ; freq. to be pronounced as one long syllable, as in οὐ μέν σφεας ἔτ’ ἔολπα <i>Od.<\/i> 8.315, cf. 480, 13.213, 276; but also as a disyll., <i>Il.<\/i> 12.43, <i>Od.<\/i> 12.225, al. ; σφας enclit. in <i>Il.<\/i> 5.567, Parm. 1.12, Theoc. 21.16, not enclit. in Opp. <i>C.<\/i> 1.471, <i>H.<\/i> 2.231; <i>Att.<\/i> σφᾶς IG1². 101.3, Th. 1.24, E. <i>Med.<\/i> 1378, <i>Or.<\/i> 1127, etc. ; enclit. σφας [α, cf. S. <i>Ant.<\/i> 128 (anap.)] S. <i>OT<\/i> 1470, 1508, <i>OC<\/i> 486; also σφε <i>Il.<\/i> 19.265, Simon. 99, Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 5.86, A. <i>Th.<\/i> 630 (lyr.), 788 (lyr.), 864 (anap.), S. <i>OT<\/i> 1505, <i>OC<\/i> 605, 1669, E. <i>Med.<\/i> 394, etc. ; never in Com. (for Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 1020 is a burlesque oracle), nor in <i>Att.<\/i> Prose; once in Hdt. (7.170, sed leg. σφέας); neut. σφεα (v. infr. III). Rare dialectic forms; — <i>Lacon.<\/i> dat. φιν, <i>EM<\/i> 702.41; used also by Emp. 22.3, Call. <i>Dian.<\/i> 125, 213, <i>Fr.<\/i> 183, Nic. <i>Th.<\/i> 725; <i>Aeol.<\/i> dat. and acc. ἄσφι, ἄσφε, Sappho 43, Alc. 73; Syrac. dat. and acc. ψιν, ψε, Sophr. 93, 94, Theoc. 4.3; ψε and ψεαυτόνς also Cretan, <i>Rendic. Pont. Accad. Rom. di Arch.<\/i> 7.106, <i>Riv.Fil.<\/i> 58 (1930).473; <i>Cret. dat.<\/i> ψιναυτοῖς <i>Riv. Ist. Arch.<\/i> 2.19; Arc. dat. σφεις IG 5(2).6.10, 18 (Tegea). —  For the dual v. σφωέ ; like other pl. forms σφε can be used with reference to two persons, <i>Il.<\/i> 11.111, <i>Od.<\/i> 8.271, 21.192, 206; so σφεας, <i>Il.<\/i> 11.128. Gender; — in Hom. this Pron. has no neut. ; in <i>Od.<\/i> 9.70, 10.355, it refers to things, denoted by feminine nouns; but in Ion. Prose occurs the neut. pl. σφεα, Hdt. 1.46, 89, 2.119, 3.53 (σφε codd.), 7.50, Abyd. 9; σφε is acc. pl. neut. in Theoc. 15.80.<br\/><b>MEANINGS : they, them<\/b>, pl. of οὗ B. I, ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη <i>Il.<\/i> 18.311; τῶ σφεων πολέες κακὸν οἶτον ἐπέσπον <i>Od.<\/i> 3.134; μετὰ δέ σφισι πότνια Ἥβη νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει <i>Il.<\/i> 4.2; οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει 2.614; ἐγώ σφισιν ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 481, cf. 443, 457, S. <i>OT<\/i> 1470, al., E. <i>Med.<\/i> 1378; this use is not found in Prose, exc. in dialects, SIG 56.48 (Argos, v BC), IG2². 1126.25 (Delph. Amphict., iv BC), Hdt. 1.3, 2.15, al. παρὰ δέ σφιν ἑκάστῳ δίζυγες ἵπποι ἑστᾶσι beside each of <b>them<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 5.195. reflexively, as pl. of οὗ B. 11.1, ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων 4.535, al. ; αἵ ἑμετὰ σφίσιν εἶχον 22.474, cf. Th. 2.76; later with the same restriction as for οὗ B. 11.1, e.g. φράζοντες ὡς οὔ σφι περιοπτέη ἐστὶ ἡ Ἑλλὰς ἀπολλυμένη· ἢν γὰρ σφαλῇ, σφεῖς γε οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ δουλεύσουσι τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν ἡμερέων Hdt. 7.168, cf. Th. 5.46, 65, X. <i>An.<\/i> 7.5.9, <i>HG<\/i> 5.2.8, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 487c. oblique cases in combination with αὐτῶν, αὐτούς, etc., forming a reflex. Pron. used without the foreg. restriction, ἐντὸς δὲ πυκάζοιεν σφέας αὐτούς <i>Od.<\/i> 12.225; σφῶν δ’ αὐτῶν κήδε’ ἑκάστη <i>Il.<\/i> 19.302, cf. 12.155; σφᾶς δ’ αὐτάς Hes. <i>Th.<\/i> 34; Κερκυραῖοι σφῶν αὐτῶν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δοκοῦντας εἶναι ἐφόνευον Th. 3.81, cf. 1.139, al. ; it sts. = ἀλλήλους (-ων), ἀλλήλοις κοτέοντες ἐπὶ σφέας ὁρμήσωσι Hes. <i>Sc.<\/i> 403; ποθεινοτέρως σφῶν αὐτῶν ἔχειν X. <i>Lac.<\/i> 1.5; σφᾶς (σφὰς cod. L) αὐτοὺς… ἐπέφραδον informed <b>one another<\/b>, A.R. 2.959; but σφᾶς ἑωυτάς is prob. <font color='red'>f.l.<\/font> in Hp. <i>Epid.<\/i> 2.1.3; cf. Thom.Mag. p. 329 R. as sg., = <b>him, her<\/b>, in the dat. and acc. forms σφι(ν), σφε· σφιν is so used in <i>h.Pan.<\/i> 19, <i>h.Hom.<\/i> 30.9, A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 759, S. <i>OC<\/i> 1490 (in <i>Od.<\/i> 15.524 σφιν refers to all the suitors, and in Hes. <i>Sc.<\/i> 113 to Ares and Cycnus); σφι in Lyc. 1242; σφε = <b>him, her<\/b>, in Pi. <i>I.<\/i> 6 (5).74, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 9, Th. 469, al., S. <i>OT<\/i> 761, <i>Ant.<\/i> 44, <i>Ph.<\/i> 200 (anap.), al., E. <i>Alc.<\/i> 107 (lyr.), 149, 200, <i>Med.<\/i> 33, al. ; = <b>it<\/b> (of a masc. noun) in S. <i>OC<\/i> 40; <font color='red'>f.l.<\/font> for σφεα in Hdt. 3.52, 53, and for σφεας Id. 1.71, al. once as 2 pers. pl. reflex., ἠνώγει δέ μ’ ἰόντα… πυθέσθαι ἠὲ… ἦ… φύξιν βουλεύοιτε μετὰ σφίσιν <i>Il.<\/i> 10.398 (reported from φύξιν βουλεύουσι μετὰ σφίσιν <i>ib.<\/i> 311); σφέας for ὑμᾶς in Hdt. 3.71 (but with <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> σφεα). later as 1 pers. pl. (cf. σφέτερος, σφωΐτερος, ἑός), ἧμιν ἐνὶ σφίσι A.R. 2.1278; σφᾶς = ἡμᾶς, Men. <i>Prot.<\/i> p. 119 D. ; censured by Luc. <i>Sol.<\/i> 8, 9."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "σφέα, äol. auch <b>σφές<\/b>, pronom. person. der dritten Person, <i>sie<\/i> ; Hom. hat den gen. σφέων, der einsilbig zu sprechen und auch enklitisch gebraucht ist, ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη, <i>Il<\/i>. 18.311, u. öfter ; die zusammengezogene Form findet sich in der Vrbdg σφῶν αὐτῶν, 12.155, 19.302 ; σφείων 4.535, 5.626, 13.148, 688, in der Vrbdg ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων ; sonst gew. σφῶν, Tragg. u. in Prosa ; – dat. σφίσι, auch enkl., Hom. u. Folgde ; dafür ion. u. poet. σφί u. σφίν, Hom. oft ; Aesch. <i>Prom<\/i>. 252, <i>Spt<\/i>. 909 u. öfter, u. a. Tragg., immer entl.; nur Her. 7.149 orthotoniert ; das ι wird auch elidiert, αὐτὸς δέ σφ' ἀγόρευε, <i>Il<\/i>. 8.4, vgl. 14.304, öfter ; äol. u. dor. auch <b>φιν<\/b> u. <b>ψιν<\/b> ; – accus. σφέας, einsilbig zu lesen 2.96 u. öfter, bes. überall, wo es entl. ist, μάλα γάρ σφεας ὦκ' ἐλέλιξεν, 17.278, u. ἐπεί σφεας ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν, <i>Od<\/i>. 24.440 ; selten eine kurze Silbe bildend u. dann σφας zu schreiben, <i>Il<\/i>. 5.567 μέγα δέ σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο, wie Parmenid. 12 ; aber orthotoniert ist es auch bei Hom. zweisilbig, σφέας αὐτούς, <i>Il<\/i>. 12.43, 86, <i>Od<\/i>. 12.225 ; καὶ σφέας ὠΐσθην τοὺς ἔμμεναι, 16.475, vgl. 23.66 ; dah. scheint 8.480, 13.276 die einsilbig zu lesende enklitische Form vorzuziehen ; σφείας steht <i>Od<\/i>. 13.213 (sollte σφεῖας akzentuiert sein); äol. u. dor. auch <b>ψέ<\/b>. – Sehr selten ist der Gebrauch von σφιν für οἱ als dat. sing., <i>H.h<\/i>. 18.19, 30.9, Aesch. <i>Pers<\/i>. 756, Soph. <i>O.C<\/i>. 1490, vgl. <font color='green'>Reisig<\/font> <i>enarr<\/i>. p. 181, <font color='green'>Lobeck<\/font> Soph. <i>Aj<\/i>. 801 ; <i>Od<\/i>. 15.523 wird richtiger auf alle Freier bezogen, wie Hes. <i>Sc<\/i>. 113 auf Ares u. Kyknos. Vgl. noch <font color='green'>Buttmann<\/font> <i>Lexil<\/i>. I p. 60, wo ἐμίν, τίν, ἴν als Analogieen dafür angeführt werden. – Σφε s. oben besonders. – Eigentümlich ist der Gebrauch für die zweite Person, βουλεύοιτε μετὰ σφίσιν statt μεθ' ὑμῖν, <i>Il<\/i>. 10.398, wo aber <font color='green'>Bekker<\/font> βουλεύουσιν liest ; vgl. noch Hes. <i>O<\/i>. 56 u. Ap.Rh. 2.1277 ; in späterer Prosa für die erste Person, vgl. Luc. <i>Soloec<\/i>. 8 u. s. <font color='green'>Wolf<\/font> <i>prol<\/i>. p. CCXLVII. Vgl. σφέτερος u. ἑός."
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