σφός

sphos

their, their own, belonging to them

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

σφός, σφή, σφόν,
their, their own, belonging to them, Il. 1.534, Sapph. 10, Pi. P. 5.102, etc. (never in Att.).
2. in post-Hom. Poets also, his or her, his own or her own, Hes. Th. 398, Alcm. 56A, Thgn. 712, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.75 [cj., Fr. 43.73 Pf.].
II. = σός, Orph. L. 168.
2. = ἐμός, CR 11.136 (Phrygia, metr.).
3. = σφωΐτερος, your (in addressing a pair), v.l. in Il. 11.142. (σφός is to σφε, σφέτερος as *ἡμός (ἁμός) to ἁμέ, ἡμέτερος.)
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