σφεῖς
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰêːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfis/
Pronoun
σφεῖς • (spheîs)
- (personal pronoun, third person) they
- (reflexive, third person) themselves
Usage notes
Oblique cases (not nominative) used frequently by Homer. In Attic, the plurals of αὐτός (autós) and ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû) are more commonly used as personal pronoun and reflexive.
Inflection
Irregular declension of —; σφείων (Epic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | — | ||||||||||||
Genitive | σφείων / σφέων / σφεων† / σφῶν spheíōn / sphéōn / spheōn† / sphôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | σφῐ́σῐ / σφῐ́σῐν / σφῐσῐ / σφῐσῐν† / σφῐν† sphísi(n) / sphisi(n)† / sphin† | ||||||||||||
Accusative | σφέᾰς / σφεᾰς† / σφε† sphéas / spheas† / sphe† | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | σφεῖς spheîs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | σφέων / σφεων† sphéōn / spheōn† | ||||||||||||
Dative | σφῐ́σῐ / σφῐ́σῐν / σφῐσῐ / σφῐσῐν† / σφῐ / σφῐν sphísi(n) / sphisi(n)† / sphi / sphin | ||||||||||||
Accusative | σφέᾰς / σφεᾰς† / σφεᾰ† (neuter) sphéas / spheas† / sphea† (neuter) | ||||||||||||
Vocative | — | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Irregular declension of —; σφείων (Doric)
Descendants
- Tsakonian: σι
References
σφεῖς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφεῖς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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