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ὑμέτερος

hymeteros

your, yours

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑμέτερος [ῡ], α, ον, Dor. and Ep. ὑμός (q.v.): (ὑμεῖς):—A. your, yours, Hom., etc.; with a Pron. added in gen., ὑμέτερος ἑκάστου θυμός the courage of each of you, Il. 17.226; ὑμέτερος θυμὸς αὐτῶν your own mind, Od. 2.138; ὑμέτερόνδε to your house, Il. 23.86: τὸ ὑ. your part, your business, ἢν μὴ τὸ ὑ. αἴτιον γένηται Hdt. 8.140.αʹ, cf. Pl. Grg. 522c; τὸ δʼ ὑ. πρᾶξαι your character is to . . , Th. 1.70; τὰ ὑ. your goods, X. Cyr. 3.2.12: in Prose sts. with the Article, ταῖς ὑμετέραις πόλεσι Pl. Lg. 836c; and objectively, αἱ ὑ ἐλπίδες hopes raised by you, Th. 1.69; ἐπὶ τῇ ὑ. παρακελεύσει for the purpose of advising you, Pl. Ap. 36d. II. poet. (never in Att.) sts. for σός, Sol. 19.2, Call. Del. 204, 227, Nonn. D. 5.340, AP 5.292 (Paul. Sil.).
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