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ἑός

heos

his, her own

Appears 106 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑός, ἑή, ἑόν, dat. written εἱῷ [⏑ -] Maiist. 10; Boeot. ἱός Corinn. Supp. 2.73; possess.Adj.of 3 pers.sg., A. his, her own, Hom., Pi., Dor., Thess. (IG 9(2).250); not in Att. Prose (unless in A. Fr. 350 the word is Platoʼs), dub. in Trag., E. El. 1206 (lyr.):—τὸν ἑόν τε Πόδαργον his own Podargus, Il. 23.295; strengthd., ἑῷ αὐτοῦ θυμῷ in his own inmost soul, 10.204; ἑοὶ αὐτοῦ θῆτες his own labourers, Od. 4.643. II. after Hom.(also v.l. Il. 1.393, al.), of other persons, 1. as Adj. 3 pers. pl., their, Hes. Op. 58, Pi. P. 2.91, freq. in later Ep., as Batr. 103, A.R. 1.1113, etc. 2. in Alex. Poets, = ἐμός, A.R. 2.226. 3. also, = σός, Batr. 23, A.R. 2.634, 3.140, Theoc. 17.50. 4. = ἡμέτερος, A.R. 4.203. 5. = ὑμέτερος, Id. 2.332, 3.267, AP 7.730 (Pers.), Q.S. 1.468. (I.-E. sewo-, Lat. suus; cf. ὅς.)
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